An Economic History of West Africa

This is the standard account of the economic history of the vast area conventionally known as West Africa. Ranging from prehistoric time to independence it covers the former French as well as British colonies.

• Publication year

  1976

• Venue

  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  1976-01-24

• Fields of study

  Economics, Political Science, History, Geography, Sociology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2307/202677
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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