The movement of workers involved in long-distance trade in Africa constitutes one of the most ancient and most massive forms of labour migration in African history. Focusing primarily on the latter half of the nineteenth century, the contributors to this volume examine various aspects of long-distance trade: including the role of the family, wage employment, slavery, and the entrepreneur; the institutions that mobilized and organized the work force; and the workers remuneration and the accumulation of surplus.
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The movement of workers involved in long-distance trade in Africa constitutes one of the most ancient and most massive forms of labour migration in African history. Focusing primarily on the latter half of the nineteenth century, the contributors to this volume examine various aspects of long-distance trade: including the role of the family, wage employment, slavery, and the entrepreneur; the institutions that mobilized and organized the work force; and the workers remuneration and the accumulation of surplus.
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Add this copy of The Workers of African Trade to cart. $56.75, like new condition, Sold by Yesterday's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bournemouth, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1985 by SAGE Publications, California 1985, 1st edition.
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304 pages, map, tables, bibliography: 12 papers (2 in French) on the merchants, traders, teamsters, porters, etc. essential to long-distance African trade, including canoemen of Ghana, trade in the Bight of Benin, cola trade, Sahara salt trade, wage labor in Kenya, Angola & Bakongo Burden Bearers; hardback, as issued without dw FINE SCARCE.
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