Merchant Capital and Economic Decolonization : The United Africa Company 1929-1987 Hardback
by D. K. (Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Fellow, Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Fellow, J Fieldhouse
Hardback
Description
The United Africa Company (UAC), formed in 1929 by the fusion of the Niger Company and the African and Eastern Corporation, was by far the largest single commercial organization in West and Equatorial Africa, and thus central to modern African economic history.
This is the first detailed account to be published and one which fills a serious gap in the literature.
It was not commissioned by the company (now reabsorbed into Unilever) but the author had full access to all confidential material in the UAC and Unilever archives and complete freedom in what he wrote.
The book is not intended to be primarily a company history but uses the UAC as a focal point for detailed study of how the role of foreign merchant capital changed in response to economic and political developments in Black Africa during this critical half century.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:864 pages, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:01/12/1994
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- ISBN:9780198226253
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:864 pages, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:01/12/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198226253
