Research Catalog

Title

Indian cotton textiles in West Africa: african agency, consumer demand and the making of the global economy, 1750-1850 / Kazuo Kobayashi.

Author

Kobayashi, Kazuo

Publication

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

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Details

Description

xv, 258 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

Uniform Title

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.

Subjects

• India
• West Africa
• Textile industry > India
• Cotton trade > India
• Textile fabrics, Indic > Africa, West

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction, p.1 -- Rethinking African Agency in Global History, p.3 -- Indian Cotton Textiles in the Pre-industrial World, p.7 -- South-South Economic History, p.12 -- Sources, p.13 -- Organisation of the Book, p.15 -- Conclusion, p.17 -- 2. West African Seaborne Trade, 1750-1850: The Transition from the Transatlantic Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce, p.29 -- The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Jihad in West Africa, 1750-1850, p.31 -- Exports from West Africa in the Early Ninteenth Century, p.38 -- Imports into West Africa, p.53 -- Conclusion, p.68 -- 3. Guinees in the Lower Senegal River: A Consumer-Led Trade in the Early Nineteenth Century, p.81 -- What is a Piece of Guinee?, p.81 -- Why Did West African Consumers Prefer Indian Guinees?, p.83 -- Commercial Networks in the Lower Senegal River, p.87 -- Guinees as a Currency, p.95 -- Conclusion, p.111 -- 4. Procurement of Indian Textiles for West Africa, 1750-1850, p.127 -- Rethinking the Procurement of Indian Textiles, p.128 -- English Investment in Textile Production in South India, p.129 -- French Investment in Textile Production in Pondicherry, p.144 -- Conclusion, p.153 -- 5. Western European Merchants and West Africa, 1750-1850: Continuity and Change, p.165 -- British Merchants and West Africa, p.166 -- French Merchants and West Africa, p.174 -- Conclusion, p.186 -- 6. Conclusion, p.195 -- Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century West Africa, p.196 -- Africa, Empire and Global History, p.199 -- Multiple Globalisation in the Emergence of the Modern Global Economy, p.201

Call Number

ReCAP 21-4535

ISBN

• 3030186741
• 9783030186746
• 9783030186753 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1090913977

Author

Kobayashi, Kazuo, author.

Title

Indian cotton textiles in West Africa: african agency, consumer demand and the making of the global economy, 1750-1850 / Kazuo Kobayashi.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Kobayashi, Kazuo. Indian Cotton Textiles in West Africa. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 9783030186753 (OCoLC)1104346097

Research Call Number

ReCAP 21-4535