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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 / C. W. Newbury.

By:

Newbury, C. W. (Colin Walter), 1929-

Series: Oxford studies in African affairs | Oxford studies in African affairsPublication details: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961.Description: ix, 234 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded), tables ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

Additional physical formats: Western slave coast and its rulers.DDC classification:

966.8 New

LOC classification:

DT471 .N38

Other classification:

NK 4410

Contents:

European contact and the rise of the Abomey kingdom -- The decline of the slave trade -- European intervention at Lagos and Porto-Novo -- The administration of Lagos Colony and the Western District, 1866-86 -- French and German interests -- The establishment of the Fon and Yoruba Protectorates -- Trade, agriculture, and colonial finance -- The search for formulas -- Appendixes: I. Governors, commissioners, administrators, &c. ; II. The Togo Protectorate Treaty ; III. Export of palm products ; IV. Revenue and expenditure.

Action note:

960813 Charm

Summary: "This book outlines the course of European contact with the Yoruba and Adja-speaking peoples between the Volta and Lagos rivers from the sixteenth century til the partition of the area and the consolidation of alien forms of administration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	966.8 New (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000029105
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor	966.8 New (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000000000878

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-226).

"This book outlines the course of European contact with the Yoruba and Adja-speaking peoples between the Volta and Lagos rivers from the sixteenth century til the partition of the area and the consolidation of alien forms of administration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

960813 Charm

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