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" Trade, state formation and warfare on the Gold Coast, 1600 - 1826 "
Kea, R. A.
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Latin Dissertation
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1096585
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TLets461582
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Kea, R. A.
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Trade, state formation and warfare on the Gold Coast, 1600 - 1826\ Kea, R. A.
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School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)
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1974
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1974
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Ph.D.
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This work is a study of three interrelated themes: internationaltrade, state formation and warfare. These themes are examined withinthe framework of select littoral states on the Gold Coast and theinland Akany polities of Akany, Akwamu and Asante. The production andexport of gold were the bases'for international trade with the tradingcentres ot the Central and Western Sudan and with the various Europeantrading stations that were established on the Gold Coast littoral Ibetween the late 15th and late 17th centuries. The development oftrade centres and trade routes, urbanization, demographic expansionand growing socio-economic differentiation within the coastal andinland states contributed in the late 16th and 17th centuries tothe emergence ot new forms of political administration (e.g. bureaucracy)as well as new forms of military organization (e.g. urban-basedmilitia units) and warfare le.g. the employment of ployed and, later,deployed battle tactics). It is suggested that the coastal politiesLe.g. the Accra and Fetu Kingdoms) and the Akany confederationrepresent an early phase of this developmental process,while Akwamuand Asante, building on these earlier achievements, represent a laterone; specifically, Akwamu and Asante were imperial state systems,which distinguished them sharply from Akany. The various coastaland inland states are examined in the light of the aforementionedeconomic, political, military changes. With respect to Asante anattempt has been made to examine in detail the means by which thesouth-east Gold Coast and the Western Slave Coast were incorporatedinto Greater Asante.
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School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)
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