Brokers of Change: Atlantic Commerce and Cultures in Pre-Colonial Western Africa

by Toby Green

The Atlantic Ocean, transcending national boundaries as it does, has long been seen as a pivotal site for understanding the way in which local and regional economies and cultural frameworks gradually became integrated into a global system during the early modern era. A key concept that has brought new insight to the study of transnationalism is that of brokerage. Brokers are people who link up different worlds and are at ease in a variety of cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197265200
• ISBN13: 9780197265208
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"