Monetary transitions: currencies, colonialism and African societies

by Pallaver, Karin

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Full title :Monetary transitions : currencies, colonialism and African societies / edited by Karin Pallaver.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (black and white).

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ISBN:9783030834616, 3030834611
oclc:on1289263545
Dewey Decimal:330.9603

Section 1: Early colonial transitions: commodity, international and colonial currencies.- 1. 'Here there is no gold standard. Cows are the standard'. Currencies, wealth accumulation and the monetary transition in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (1896-1936); Domenico Cristofaro.- 2. Multiple currencies at Zanzibar, 1860-1900: how and why did the Rupee become the currency of East Africa?; Katherine Eagleton.- 3. Spheres of money, payment, and credit systems in the colony of Senegal and its protectorates in the long nineteenth century; Toyomu Masak.- 4. The Maria Theresa thaler in Italian Eritrea: the Impact of Colonial Monetary Policies during the First Word War; Alessandro De Cola.- Section 2: Forms of colonial money.- 5. The Creation and issue of the West African Sterling notes in West Africa (1914-1947); Bamidélé Aly.- 6. Spheres of exchange and the disruption of money uniformity in early colonial; Kenya Karin Pallaver.- 7. Currency Politics in Southern Africa, c. 1890-1920; Admire Mseba.- 8. The Transition to Instability: the Italian Lira in Eritrean History; Steven Serels.- 9. Temporary Currencies, Forced Savings and Cultivator Stabilization Funds in Sudan; Alden You…