African Studies and Economic Analysis
African Studies and Economic Analysis

Author: Benton F. Massell

Publisher:

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13:

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A book review written for 'Africa Report' is reproduced. The book is 'Economic Transition in Africa', edited by Melville J. Herskovits and Mitchell Harwitz and published at Evanston, Ill., by Northwestern University Press in l964. The volume is a collection of papers presented at the Conference on Indigenous and Induced Elements in the Economics of Subsaharan Africa, held at Northwestern University in 1961. The book testifies to the difficulty of achieving an integrated approach to the study of African problems, due to what can be called the dilemma of regional studies. While agreeing with Herskovits that the research value of an area lies in the fact that it affords a locus for the study of problems, it is hard to question the existence in each of us of an inescapable tendency to think largely along disciplinary lines and to balk when called upon to do creative work in another field. Consequently, it comes as no surprise to fine that this volume, while containing much useful material, remains a collection of largely disjoint papers.

An Economic History of West Africa
An Economic History of West Africa

Author: A. G. Hopkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1317868943

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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.

Urban Politics in Nigeria
Urban Politics in Nigeria

Author: Howard Wolpe

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0520333950

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History
Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History

Author: Francesco Boldizzoni

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 778

ISBN-13: 1317561856

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The Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History documents and interprets the development of economic history as a global discipline from the later nineteenth century to the present day. Exploring the normative and relativistic nature of different schools and traditions of thought, this handbook not only examines current paradigmatic western approaches, but also those conceived in less open societies and in varied economic, political and cultural contexts. In doing so, this book clears the way for greater critical understanding and a more genuinely global approach to economic history. This handbook brings together leading international contributors in order to systematically address cultural and intellectual traditions around the globe. Many of these are exposed for consideration for the first time in English. The chapters explore dominant ideas and historiographical trends, and open them up to critical transnational perspectives. This volume is essential reading for both academics and students in economic and social history. As this field of study is very much a bridge between the social sciences and humanities, the issues examined in the book will also have relevance for those seeking to understand the evolution of other academic disciplines under the pressures of varied economic, political and cultural circumstances, on both national and global scales.