A fistful of shells : West Africa from the rise of the slave trade to the age of revolution /
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Note on Spellings/Names; Glossary; Introduction; Part One. Causes: Economic Divergence in West and West-Central Africa; Timelines for Part One; 1. 'Three Measures of Gold': The Rise and Fall of the Great Empires of the Sahel; 2. Causeways across the Savannah: From Senegambia to Sierra Leone; 3. Ready Money: The Gold Coast and the Gold Trade; 4. Rivers of Cloth, Masks of Bronze: The Bights of Benin and Biafra; 5. The Kingdom of Kongo: From Majesty to Revolt; Coda to Part One; Part Two. Consequences: Politics, Belief and Revolutions from Below
- Timeline for Part Two: West African Political History, c. 1680-1850Prologue to Part Two; 6. 'With Boots Worth 3 Slaves': Slavery and Value in the Eighteenth Century; 7. On a War Footing: The 'Fiscal-Military State' in West African Politics; 8. Feeding Power: New Societies, New Worldviews; 9. Transnational Africas, Struggle and the Rising of Modernity; 10. Warrior Aristocracies and Pushback from Below; 11. Let them Drink Rum! Islam, Revolution and the Aristocracy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Notes; List of Illustrations; Index.