"Commercial Transitions and Abolition in West Africa 1630-1860 by Angus Dalrymple-Smith offers a fresh perspective on why the most important West African states and merchants who traded with Atlantic markets became exporters of commodities instead of slaves in the nineteenth century. This study...

"This comparative book debates migration and regional integration in the two regional economic blocs, namely the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book takes a historical and nuanced citizenship approach to integration...

"This pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area known as West Africa. This edition contains a substantial new Introduction that discusses the development of the subject in the past 50 years, evaluates the debate over...

Introduction. Atlantic lives : Anglo-African trade in northern Guinea -- Buyers and sellers in cross-cultural trade -- "Artificers" and merchants : making and moving goods -- West Africans profiting in Atlantic trade -- Company property : captives, rebels, and grometos -- Free agents and local...