Leigh A. Gardner: Sovereignty without Power

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Sovereignty without Power provides the first quantitative and comparative economic history of Liberia and contributes to debates in economic and political history. Liberia's economic history over two centuries shows the challenges and opportunities of sovereignty for independent states around the world during the age of empires.

Über den Autor

Leigh A Gardner is Associate Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperialism (2012) and co-author (with Tirthankar Roy) of Economic History of Colonialism (2020).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; Preface; 1. Reconstructing the fragments: Liberia's economic history, 1847-1980; Part I. Foundations: 2. Before the dragons came; 3. Black Americans in West Africa; Part II. The Art of Survival: 4. Trade, globalization and sovereignty; 5. From paper to gold ; 6. The costs of foreign capital; 7. Financial controls and forced labor; Part III. Sovereignty for Sale?: 8. An African marshall plan; 9. Concessions and growth; 10. Selling the flag; 11. Sovereignty beyond the age of empires; Appendix 1: Data on Liberia's economic history; Appendix 2: Constructing Liberian GDP statistics; References; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009181099
ISBN-10:	1009181092
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gardner, Leigh A.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Leigh A. Gardner
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.02.2025
Gewicht:	0,527 kg