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Mann Kristin <1946-> |
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Slavery and the birth of an African city [[electronic resource] ] : Lagos, 1760-1900 / / Kristin Mann |
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Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07852-6 |
9786612078521 |
0-253-11708-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (489 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slave trade - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 18th century |
Slave trade - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 19th century |
Slave trade - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Slave trade - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
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Lagos (Nigeria) History 18th century |
Lagos (Nigeria) History 19th century |
Lagos (Nigeria) Commerce History 18th century |
Lagos (Nigeria) Commerce History 19th century |
Great Britain Commerce History |
Great Britain Colonies Africa |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-457) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The rise of Lagos as an Atlantic port, c. 1760-1851 -- Trade, oligarchy, and the transformation of the precolonial state -- The original sin : anti-slavery, imperial expansion, and early colonial rule -- Innocent commerce : boom and bust in the palm produce trade -- Britain and domestic slavery -- Redefining the owner-slave relationship : work, ideology, and the demand for people -- The changing meaning of land in the urban economy and culture -- Strategies of struggle and mechanisms of control : quotidian conflicts and court cases. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the 19th century, the town of Lagos on West Africa's Bight of Benin became one of the |
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