Indian Cotton Textiles in West Africa: African Agency, Consumer Demand and the Making of the Global Economy, 1750-1850

by Kazuo Kobayashi

Book Overview

This book focuses on the significant role of West African consumers in the development of the global economy. It explores their demand for Indian cotton textiles and how their consumption shaped patterns of global trade, influencing economies and businesses from Western Europe to South Asia. In turn, the book examines how cotton textile production in southern India responded to this demand. Through this perspective of a south-south economic history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030186741
• ISBN13: 9783030186746
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"