Slavery, colonialism and economic growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960
By: Patrick Manning.
Series: African studies series -- 30
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Benin -- Economic conditions.
Description: "The author has pieced together an extensive body of new evidence and new interpretations: he has combined descriptive evidence with quantitative data on foreign trade, slave demography and colonial government finance, and has relied on both Marxian and Neoclassical techniques of economic analysis."--Back Cover.
Notes: Bibliography, p415-434. - Includes index.