The political economy of nineteenth century Bonny : a study of power, authority, legitimacy and ideology in a Delta trading community from 1790-1914

This thesis is a study of nineteenth century Bonny, which was successively the major slave and palm oil exporter in the Niger Delta. It focuses on the concepts of power, authority, legitimacy and ideology to explain the nature of social change, a much neglected area of study in Vest African history....

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Main Author: Hargreaves, Susan M.
Published: University of Birmingham 1987
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.508850