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Economic and Political Integration 1850–1920

In: An Economic History of Development in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Ellen Hillbom

    (Lund University)

  • Erik Green

    (Lund University)

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In 1850 most parts of Africa was untouched by foreign conquest. Fifty years later almost the entire continent had been colonized by European powers. Although colonization market a significant political break, Hillbom and Green show that from the point of view of writing economic and social history, 1850 to 1920 was also a period marked by significant continuity. Based on the production of raw materials and agricultural products, the continent was already on a path to further integration into the world economy. There were both winners and losers from these processes of change, but in general it was African agency and pre-colonial legacies that drove much of the developments in the late pre-colonial and early colonial eras.

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  • Ellen Hillbom & Erik Green, 2019. "Economic and Political Integration 1850–1920," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: An Economic History of Development in sub-Saharan Africa, chapter 4, pages 79-117, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-14008-3_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14008-3_4
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