Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The Case of the Gold Coast

By Klas Ronnback and Klas Rönnbäck

Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. R nnb ck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area, enriching our understanding of West African economic development.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848935781
• ISBN13: 9781848935785
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"