The slave trade and culture in the Bight of Biafra : (Record no. 1432278)

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fixed length control field 100518s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780521883474
Qualifying information hardback
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0521883474
Qualifying information hardback
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency ASTL
Language of cataloging eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Nwokeji, G. Ugo.
9 (RLIN) 821536
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The slave trade and culture in the Bight of Biafra :
Remainder of title an African society in the Atlantic world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. G. Ugo Nwokeji.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxiv, 279 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The Aro in the Atlantic context: expansion and shifts, 1600s-1807; 3. The trade diaspora in regional context: commercial organization in the era of expansion, 1740-1850; 4. Culture formation in the trading frontier, c.1740-c.1850; 5. Household and market persons: deportees and society, c.1740-c.1850; 6. The slave trade, gender, and culture; 7. Cultural and economic change after the overseas slave trade era; 8. Summary and conclusions.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "The Slave Trade and Culture in the Bight of Biafra dissects and explains the structure, dramatic expansion, and manifold effects of the slave trade in the Bight of Biafra. By showing that the rise of the Aro merchant group was the key factor in trade expansion, G. Ugo Nwokeji reinterprets why and how such large-scale commerce developed in the absence of large-scale centralized states. The result is the first study to link the structure and trajectory of the slave trade in a major exporting region to the expansion of a specific African merchant group - among other fresh insights into Atlantic Africa's involvement in the trade - and the most comprehensive treatment of Atlantic slave trade in the Bight of Biafra. The fundamental role of culture in the organization of trade is highlighted, transcending the usual economic explanations in a way that complicates traditional generalizations about work, domestic slavery, and gender in pre-colonial Africa"--
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Slave trade
Geographic subdivision Biafra, Bight of, Region
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 821537
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Slavery
Geographic subdivision Biafra, Bight of, Region
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 821538
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Biafra, Bight of, Region
General subdivision Social conditions.
9 (RLIN) 821539
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