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Capital and Colonialism : The Return on British Investments in Africa 1869–1969 / / by Klas Rönnbäck, Oskar Broberg
Capital and Colonialism : The Return on British Investments in Africa 1869–1969 / / by Klas Rönnbäck, Oskar Broberg
Autore Rönnbäck Klas
Edizione [1st ed. 2019.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (408 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 338.96
330.9603
Collana Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Soggetto topico Economic history
Imperialism
Africa - Economic conditions
Industrial organization
Development economics
Labor economics
Economic History
Imperialism and Colonialism
African Economics
Industrial Organization
Development Economics
Labor Economics
ISBN 9783030197117
3030197115
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Research design -- Chapter 2: Historical context -- Chapter 3: Capital and colonialism in theory -- Chapter 4: Previous research -- Chapter 5: Method and data -- Part II: Aggregate results -- Chapter 6: The rate of return on investment in Africa -- Chapter 7: Risk and return -- Part III: Regional studies -- Chapter 8: North Africa -- Chapter 9: West Africa -- Chapter 10: Central/Southern Africa -- Chapter 11: South Africa -- Part IV: Thematical studies -- Chapter 12: On the ground floor -- Chapter 13: Imperial profits -- Chapter 14: African mining in global perspective -- Chapter 15: Conclusion.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910349537103321
Rönnbäck Klas  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019
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Monetary Transitions : Currencies, Colonialism and African Societies / / edited by Karin Pallaver
Monetary Transitions : Currencies, Colonialism and African Societies / / edited by Karin Pallaver
Edizione [1st ed. 2022.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (309 pages)
Disciplina 332.496
330.9603
Collana Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Soggetto topico Economic history
Finance
History
Africa - History
Economic History
Financial History
African History
ISBN 9783030834616
9783030834609
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Section 1: Early colonial transitions: commodity, international and colonial currencies -- 1. "Here there is no gold standard. Cows are the standard". Currencies, wealth accumulation and the monetary transition in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (1896-1936); Domenico Cristofaro -- 2. Multiple currencies at Zanzibar, 1860-1900: how and why did the Rupee become the currency of East Africa?; Katherine Eagleton -- 3. Spheres of money, payment, and credit systems in the colony of Senegal and its protectorates in the long nineteenth century; Toyomu Masak -- 4. The Maria Theresa thaler in Italian Eritrea: the Impact of Colonial Monetary Policies during the First Word War; Alessandro De Cola -- Section 2: Forms of colonial money -- 5. The Creation and issue of the West African Sterling notes in West Africa (1914-1947); Bamidélé Aly -- 6. Spheres of exchange and the disruption of money uniformity in early colonial; Kenya Karin Pallaver -- 7. Currency Politics in Southern Africa, c. 1890-1920; Admire Mseba -- 8. The Transition to Instability: the Italian Lira in Eritrean History; Steven Serels -- 9. Temporary Currencies, Forced Savings and Cultivator Stabilization Funds in Sudan; Alden Young -- Section 3: Global and international dimensions of African monetary transitions -- 10. The British Sterling Area and Southern Rhodesia's State and Public Bank Ordinance, 1896- 1907: Currency shortages and a nascent colonial state's attempts at economic autonomy; Tinashe Nyamunda -- 11. Money for Africa and empire: colonial policy designs and economy building in Europe, 1890s to 1930s; Gerold Krozewski -- 12. Locate Colonial Africa in the Global Monetary History Viewed from the Ground; Akinobu Kuroda.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910523882903321
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