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The Shell Money of the Slave Trade - African Studies Jan Hogendorn
The Shell Money of the Slave Trade - African Studies
Jan Hogendorn
This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. Over a large part of West Africa they became the regular market currency, but then disappeared almost totally, except during the depression of the 1930s, and occasionally in the markets of remote frontier districts.
248 pages, Illustrations, maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 18, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521541107 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 151 × 229 × 15 mm · 384 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Anderson, David |
| Series Editor | Brown, Carolyn |
| Series Editor | Clapham, Christopher |
| Series Editor | Gomez, Michael |
| Series Editor | Manning, Patrick |
| Series Editor | Robinson, David |
| Series Editor | Villalon, Leonardo A. |