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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 |
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 most important port cities north of the equator. Slavery and |
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