Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps and figure
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ecology, society and economic change to 1891
- 3 The Ngwa and colonial rule, 1891–1914
- 4 The expansion of the oil palm industry, 1884–1914
- 5 The end of the boom
- 6 Cassava and Christianity
- 7 Authority, justice and property rights
- 8 Trade, credit and mobility
- 9 Production and protest: the Women Riot, 1929
- 10 Cash cropping and economic change, 1930–80
- 11 Conclusion
- Statistical appendix
- Notes
- Interviews conducted in the Ngwa region, 1980–1
- Bibliography
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps and figure
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ecology, society and economic change to 1891
- 3 The Ngwa and colonial rule, 1891–1914
- 4 The expansion of the oil palm industry, 1884–1914
- 5 The end of the boom
- 6 Cassava and Christianity
- 7 Authority, justice and property rights
- 8 Trade, credit and mobility
- 9 Production and protest: the Women Riot, 1929
- 10 Cash cropping and economic change, 1930–80
- 11 Conclusion
- Statistical appendix
- Notes
- Interviews conducted in the Ngwa region, 1980–1
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Palm Oil and ProtestAn Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800–1980, pp. viii - ixPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988