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AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Economic Transformations and Political Changes Ellen Hillbom · Erik Green
Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series Editor Kent Deng, London School of Economics, London, UK
Palgrave Studies in Economic History is designed to illuminate and enrich our understanding of economies and economic phenomena of the past. The series covers a vast range of topics including financial history, labour history, development economics, commercialisation, urbanisation, industrialisation, modernisation, globalisation, and changes in world economic orders. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14632
Ellen Hillbom · Erik Green
An Economic History of Development in sub-Saharan Africa Economic Transformations and Political Changes
Ellen Hillbom Lund University Lund, Sweden
Erik Green Lund University Lund, Sweden
Palgrave Studies in Economic History ISBN 978-3-030-14007-6 ISBN 978-3-030-14008-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14008-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932117 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: robertharding/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
This book project started in a restaurant in Stockholm one autumn evening 2007. Our motivation was the lack of good literature on Africa’s economic and social history in Swedish that our students could read. The first Swedish edition was published in 2010 and met with some success. Although the Swedish market for a textbook of this type is limited, we felt that we had achieved our goals. We had filled a gap and provided an original
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