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4.0 out of 5 stars
informative but academic,
By Djahri (Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Two Worlds of Cotton: Colonialism and the Regional Economy in the French Soudan, 1800-1946 (Hardcover)
This book is a good resource for students of colonial economics or agriculture. The author thoroughly searched through old French documents, probably hand written, to chronicle the economic history of why cotton never caught on in what used to be the French Soudan. Opposing the stereotypical image of a subjugated colonial peasantry, Roberts reminds us that colonial West Africans created their own identity and exerted their own economic power. Unfortunately, if you are looking for the African point of view, look someplace else. The author couldn't access much from one of his "worlds", the indigenous Mande cotton farmers.
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Two Worlds of Cotton: Colonialism and the Regional Economy in the French Soudan, 1800-1946 by Richard L. Roberts (Hardcover - November 1, 1996)
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