Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements

The 1920's and 1930's saw a series of conflicts between the African producers of cocoa in the Gold Coast and the European firms who bought and shipped the bulk: of the crop. The 'hold-up' was the characteristic form of the conflict the collective refusal by farmers to sell their...

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Main Author:	Miles, J.
Published:	SOAS, University of London 1978
Subjects:	337
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.465631

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spelling	ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-4656312017-12-24T15:15:42ZCocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up MovementsMiles, J.1978The 1920's and 1930's saw a series of conflicts between the African producers of cocoa in the Gold Coast and the European firms who bought and shipped the bulk: of the crop. The 'hold-up' was the characteristic form of the conflict the collective refusal by farmers to sell their crop in the hope of pushing up the price or of forcing the buyers to abandon anti-competitive price agreements. The hold-ups were reinforced by consumer boycotts of the imported merchandise handled by the same firms. There were also attempts by the farmers to obtain a better deal through 'direct marketing' - selling the cocoa directly to the overseas markets. The latter never had much success, but the holdup and boycott movements, particularly at the end of the period, were impressive and massive demonstrations of the Cocoa farmers' grievances and of their solidarity and powers of organisation. However, they did not achieve their objectives.337SOAS, University of Londonhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.465631Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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description	The 1920's and 1930's saw a series of conflicts between the African producers of cocoa in the Gold Coast and the European firms who bought and shipped the bulk: of the crop. The 'hold-up' was the characteristic form of the conflict the collective refusal by farmers to sell their crop in the hope of pushing up the price or of forcing the buyers to abandon anti-competitive price agreements. The hold-ups were reinforced by consumer boycotts of the imported merchandise handled by the same firms. There were also attempts by the farmers to obtain a better deal through 'direct marketing' - selling the cocoa directly to the overseas markets. The latter never had much success, but the holdup and boycott movements, particularly at the end of the period, were impressive and massive demonstrations of the Cocoa farmers' grievances and of their solidarity and powers of organisation. However, they did not achieve their objectives.
author	Miles, J.
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title	Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements
title_short	Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements
title_full	Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements
title_fullStr	Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements
title_full_unstemmed	Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements
title_sort	cocoa marketing in the gold coast and the african producer, 1919-1939 - with special reference to the hold-up movements
publisher	SOAS, University of London
publishDate	1978
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Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements

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