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Monetary Transitions: Currencies, Colonialism and African Societies

Monetary Transitions: Currencies, Colonialism and African Societies

Pallaver, Karin

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

EconomicsAfrican History

ISBN10: 3030834603
ISBN13: 9783030834609
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Nov 17 2021
Pages: 309
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book uses money as a lens through which to analyze the social and economic impact of colonialism on African societies and institutions. It is the first book to address the monetary history of the colonial period in a comprehensive way, covering several areas of the continent and different periods, with the ultimate aim of understanding the long-term impact of colonial monetary policies on African societies. While grounding an understanding of money in terms of its circulation, acceptance and impact, this book shows first and foremost how the monetary systems that resulted from the imposition of colonial rule on African societies were not a replacement of the old currency systems with entirely new ones, but were rather the result of the convergence of different orders of value and monetary practices. By putting histories of people using money at the heart of the story, and connecting them to larger imperial policies, the volume provides a new and freshperspective on the history of the establishment of colonial rule in Africa.

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