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Trade and politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885 : an introduction to the economic and political history of Nigeria /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies in African affairsPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, c1956.Description: vi, 250 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 382.9'669  DIK
LOC classification:
  • HC517.N48 D5
Summary: In this study Dike examines the effects upon the peoples of the Niger Delta and of their contact with Britain during the nineteenth century. Dike's chief contribution is his analysis of the way in which this economic revolution affected the African city-states on the coast, hitherto the monopolistic middlemen for the slave trade, who had to adapt their organizations to the palm-oil trade.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 382.9'669 DIK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100021845

"Grew out of [the author's]...thesis for the degree of doctor of philosophy (history) in the University of London."

Includes index.

Bibliographical references included in "Note on the sources" (p. [224]-230)

In this study Dike examines the effects upon the peoples of the Niger Delta and of their contact with Britain during the nineteenth century. Dike's chief contribution is his analysis of the way in which this economic revolution affected the African city-states on the coast, hitherto the monopolistic middlemen for the slave trade, who had to adapt their organizations to the palm-oil trade.

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