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Voices and Memories of Indentured Women in Natal 纳塔尔契约妇女的声音与记忆

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-08-27 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2020.0003

K. Hiralal

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The Barriers to Conversion: The Rev. Philip Quaque, Company Pay, and the Economy of Cape Coast, 1766–1816 皈依的障碍:菲利普·奎克牧师、公司薪酬和海岸角经济，1766-1816

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-08-27 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2020.0000

Ty M. Reese

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The Economic Potentials of Northern Ghana: The Ambivalence of the Colonial and Post-Colonial States to Develop the North 加纳北部的经济潜力:殖民和后殖民国家发展北部的矛盾心理

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-01-16 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0007

Ali Yakubu Nyaaba, G. Bob-Milliar

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引用次数: 5

Economy and Health in the Gold Coast, 1902–1957 黄金海岸的经济与健康，1902-1957

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-01-16 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0006

Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, Richard Oware

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引用次数: 2

Migration and the Production of Informal Economies in the Gold Coast 移民与黄金海岸非正式经济的生产

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-01-16 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0008

Mariama Marciana Kuusaana

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引用次数: 1

“Help Us Balance Our Budget”: Chiefs as Economic Agents in Colonial Gambia: 1900–1950 “帮助我们平衡预算”：殖民地冈比亚的酋长作为经济代理人：1900-1950

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-01-16 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0009

Hassoum Ceesay

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“Strange Farmers” and the Development of The Gambia’s Peanut Trade “奇怪的农民”与冈比亚花生贸易的发展

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2020-01-16 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0010

Tijan M. Sallah

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The Politics of African Freehold Land Ownership in Early Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890–1930 1890-1930年早期殖民时期津巴布韦非洲自由业权的政治

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2019-09-28 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0002

Joseph Mujere, Admire Mseba

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Settler Colonialism and Trade in the Periphery: Customs Relations Between Southern Rhodesia and South Africa, 1924–1935 移民殖民主义和周边贸易:南罗得西亚和南非的海关关系，1924-1935

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2019-09-28 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0004

Abraham Mlombo

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Cocoa Marketing Board and the Sustainable Cocoa Economy in Colonial Nigeria 可可营销委员会和尼日利亚殖民地的可持续可可经济

IF 0.2 4区历史学

AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Pub Date : 2019-09-28 DOI: 10.1353/aeh.2019.0001

Olisa Godson Muojama

引用次数: 1