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Africa's Development in Historical Perspective

By James Robinson , Robert H. Bates , Emmanuel Akyeampong , Nathan Nunn

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1107041155, 9781107041158
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7156754 bytes)
Pages
539\541
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-04-25 12:02:42

Description

This edited volume addresses the root causes of Africa's persistent poverty through an investigation of its longue durée history. It interrogates the African past through disease and demography, institutions and governance, African economies and the impact of the export slave trade, colonialism, Africa in the world economy, and culture's influence on accumulation and investment. Several of the chapters take a comparative perspective, placing Africa's developments aside other global patterns. The readership for this book spans from the informed lay reader with an interest in Africa, academics and undergraduate and graduate students, policy makers, and those in the development world.

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