The Western Slave Coast and Its Rulers: European Trade and Administration among the Yoruba and Adja-speaking Peoples .,.

Newbury, C. W. (Colin Walter)

Published by Clarendon Press (1966), Oxford, 1966

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22x14cm, ix,234 pp., In a rubbed & stained dustwrapper. Some light stains to binding. Full title reads: "The Western Slave Coast and Its Rulers: European Trade and Administration among the Yoruba and Adja-speaking Peoples of South- western Nigeria, Southern Dahomey and Togo". Contents: European contact & the rise of the Abomey kingdom; The decline of the slave trade; European intervention at Lagos and Porto-Novo; The administration of Lagos Colony & the Western District, 1866-86; French & German interests; The establishment of the Fon and Yoruba Protectorates; Trade, agriculture & colonial finance; The search for formulas; Appendices. Minor rubbing. Some light stains to top page-edge. Good., dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 023961

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Western Slave Coast and Its Rulers: ...

Publisher: Clarendon Press (1966), Oxford

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: orig. cloth

Illustrator: Folding map.

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included