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4108 -- MUKHTAR, YAKUBU

Trade, merchants and the state in Borno c. 1893 - 1939
(Studien zur Kulturkunde 117)
Köln: Köppe Verlag 2000
323 pp., Euro 39.88; ISBN 3-89645-212-6


Mukhtar gives an overview over ´The state, society and the economy in 19th century Borno´. Other chapters are: ´Borno economy in transition: The early colonial Government´s policies and their practical implementation´, ´The development of rail and road transport facilities´, the ´Reorientation of trade and the role of the North African traders in colonial Borno´, the ´Activity of European and Levantine trading firms´, the ´Production of export and the market-oriented economy´, ´Colonial trade and the activity of indigenous merchants´, and various indices supply statistical material.

Keywords: economy in Borno, colonialism and Borno, market economy in Borno, trans-Saharan trade, trade in Africa

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