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008 940303s1994 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 94009679
020 $a019822625X (acid-free paper) :$c£55.00
035 $a(OCoLC)503368558
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050 00 $aHC800$b.F543 1994
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100 1 $aFieldhouse, D. K.$q(David Kenneth),$d1925-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50023381
245 10 $aMerchant capital and economic decolonization :$bthe United Africa Company, 1929-1987 /$cD.K. Fieldhouse.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1994.
300 $axxviii, 832 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [811]-814) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. Strategy and Structure. 1. The Company 1929-1960. 2. The Company 1960-1987 -- Pt. 2. The Classical Age of UAC. 3. Crisis, Reconstruction, Merchanting, and Produce. 4. Pools and Cocoa. 5. Sidelines: Shipping and Plantations -- Pt. 3. War and Merchant Capital in Africa. 6. State Control of Produce. 7. Imports, Industry, and Politics -- Pt. 4. The Age of Decolonization. 8. UAC and African Nationalism. 9. Adaptation to Change. 10. The Last Years of General Trading and Produce -- Pt. 5. UAC in Independent Africa. 11. UAC and African Politics. 12. Industry: Nigeria. 13. Industry: Ghana, the Congo/Zaire, and Francophone States. 14. The Decline of the Open Economy. 15. Participation and Disinvestment -- Pt. 6. Out of Africa and Back Again. 16. Redeployment 1960-1970. 17. Diversification 1971-1983. 18. From UACI to AMEG 1977-1987.
520 $aThe United Africa Company (UAC), formed in 1929 by the fusion of the Niger Company and the African and Eastern Corporation, was by far the largest single commercial organization in West and Equatorial Africa, and thus central to modern African economic history. This is the first detailed account to be published and one which fills a serious gap in the literature.
520 8 $aIt was not commissioned by the company (now reabsorbed into Unilever), but the author had full access to all confidential material in the UAC and Unilever archives and complete freedom in what he wrote. The book is not intended to be primarily a company history but uses the UAC as a focal point for detailed study of how the role of foreign merchant capital changed in response to economic and political developments in Black Africa during this critical half century.
651 0 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001548
650 0 $aCapital$zAfrica$xHistory.
651 0 $aAfrica$xColonial influence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114108
651 0 $aAfrica$xDependency on foreign countries.
610 20 $aUnited Africa Company, ltd.$xHistory.
852 00 $bglx$hHC800$i.F543 1994