Making Money

Life, Death, and Early Modern Trade on Africa’s Guinea Coast

Nonfiction, History, Africa, World History
Cover of the book Making Money by Colleen E. Kriger, Ohio University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Colleen E. Kriger ISBN: 9780896805002
Publisher: Ohio University Press Publication: October 16, 2017
Imprint: Ohio University Press Language: English
Author: Colleen E. Kriger
ISBN: 9780896805002
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication: October 16, 2017
Imprint: Ohio University Press
Language: English

A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years later—a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu.

A stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society, struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than any previous historian of Africa into the records of England’s Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets, and—most remarkably—the individual lives that give Making Money its human scale.

By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this accessible book affirms Africa’s crucial place in world history during a transitional period, the early modern era.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years later—a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu.

A stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society, struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than any previous historian of Africa into the records of England’s Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets, and—most remarkably—the individual lives that give Making Money its human scale.

By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this accessible book affirms Africa’s crucial place in world history during a transitional period, the early modern era.

More books from Ohio University Press

Cover of the book Taking Liberties by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Violence by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Congress and the People’s Contest by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Marriage by Force? by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Waiting for the Sky to Fall by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Invention and Authorship in Medieval England by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book The Anatomy of a South African Genocide by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book X Marks the Spot by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Out of Step by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Frantz Fanon by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book The Sacred Door and Other Stories by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book The Forger’s Tale by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book The Optimist by Colleen E. Kriger
Cover of the book South Sudan by Colleen E. Kriger
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy