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Title: | The establishment of the colonial economy in Guinea Bissau: the colonial state, trade and agriculture, 1815-1926: review of a development |
Author: | Schoenmakers, H. |
Year: | 1986 |
Periodical: | Les cahiers du CEDAF |
Issue: | 2-4 |
Pages: | 3-29 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Guinea-Bissau Portugal |
Subjects: | colonialism colonial economy |
Abstract: | In the course of the 19th century the foundations were laid for the creation of a modern colonial state in Guinea-Bissau. The process of abolishing the slave trade and the establishment of a colonial economy necessitated a new managerial and administrative infrastructure. The present study deals with some aspects of this transitionary process, particularly the manner in which precolonial political structures in northern Guinea-Bissau (the Kaabu kingdom) were incorporated into the new colonial political system, and the role of the state in the development of a colonial economy. The main focus is on the introduction of peanut production for export. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |