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The business of bar...
The business of barter on the pre-colonial Gold Coast
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- Rönnbäck, Klas, 1974 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle, Ekonomisk historia,Department of Economy and Society, Economic History
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- 2020-01-28
- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Economic History of Developing Regions. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2078-0389 .- 2078-0397. ; 35:2, s. 123-142
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Abstract
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Stäng
- Trade on the Gold Coast in the eighteenth century was dominated by non-monetized barter trade. In this paper, a large dataset of barter transactions are used to study the social embeddedness of the trade. The data shows that prestige goods such as alcohol to a disproportionate degree were exchanged for other prestige goods such as gold. Guns - but also cheaper types of textiles - were to a disproportionate degree exchanged for slaves in particular. The evidence thus helps to shed light on the social valuation of various imported commodities on the Gold Coast at this time.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Barter trade
- Africa
- pre-colonial
- slave trade
- guns-for-slaves
- western africa
- atlantic world
- trade
- firearms
- spheres
- import
- History
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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