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Labour, Land and Capital: From Slavery to Free Labour in Asante, 1807-1956 Author(s) Austin, Gareth    Reviewer(s) Nunn, Nathan    Subject(s) Servitude and Slavery Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Policy Signals and Market Responses: A 50-Year History of Zambia’s Relationship with Foreign Capital Author(s) Barton, Stuart John     Reviewer(s) Richardson, Craig J.     Subject(s) Economic Planning and Policy International and Domestic Trade and Relations Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Secular Missionaries: Americans and African Development in the 1960s Author(s) Grubbs, Larry    Reviewer(s) Levendis, John    Subject(s) Economic Planning and Policy History of Economic Thought; Methodology Geographic Area(s) Africa North America Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property Rights and Property Wrongs Author(s) Lipton, Michael    Reviewer(s) Otsuka, Keijiro    Subject(s) Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries Geographic Area(s) Africa Asia Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000 Author(s) McCann, James C.    Reviewer(s) Bogue, Allan G.    Subject(s) Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

World War II and the Scramble for Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1939-1948 Author(s) Johnson, David    Reviewer(s) Jones, Laird    Subject(s) Labor and Employment History Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The Case of the Gold Coast Author(s) Rönnbäck, Klas     Reviewer(s) Shumway, Rebecca     Subject(s) Labor and Employment History Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 17th Century 18th Century

On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa Author(s) Lydon, Ghislaine    Reviewer(s) Daddi Addoun, Yacine    Subject(s) Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance International and Domestic Trade and Relations Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender Geographic Area(s) Africa Middle East Time Periods(s) 19th Century

Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy Author(s) Nayyar, Deepak     Reviewer(s) Ward-Peradoza, Marianne     Subject(s) Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity Geographic Area(s) General, International, or Comparative Africa Asia Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean Time Periods(s) 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century: Pre WWII 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa: Cote D'Ivoire, 1880-1995 Author(s) Bassett, Thomas J.    Reviewer(s) Boko, Sylvain H.    Subject(s) Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems Author(s) Narsey, Wadan     Reviewer(s) Schuler, Kurt     Subject(s) Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History Geographic Area(s) General, International, or Comparative Africa Asia Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands Europe Time Periods(s) 19th Century 20th Century: Pre WWII

Economic Development and Environmental History in the Anthropocene: Perspectives on Asia and Africa Reviewer(s) Jones, Eric     Subject(s) Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity Geographic Area(s) Africa Asia Time Periods(s) 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century: Pre WWII 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its Consequences Author(s) Röschenthale, Ute   Chilver, E.M.    Reviewer(s) Austen, Ralph A.    Subject(s) Servitude and Slavery Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: Pre WWII

The Development Dilemma: Security, Prosperity, and a Return to History Author(s) Bates, Robert H.     Reviewer(s) McGuirk, Eoin     Subject(s) Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance Markets and Institutions Geographic Area(s) General, International, or Comparative Africa Europe Time Periods(s) Medieval 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century: Pre WWII 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time Author(s) Rhode, Paul W.   Rosenbloom, Joshua L.   Weiman, David F.    Reviewer(s) Moehling, Carolyn M.    Subject(s) Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries Education and Human Resource Development Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance Servitude and Slavery Industry: Manufacturing and Construction Labor and Employment History Markets and Institutions Geographic Area(s) Africa Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands North America Time Periods(s) 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century: Pre WWII 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII

Fabricating the Keynesian Revolution: Studies of the Inter-war Literature on Money, the Cycle, and Unemployment Author(s) Laidler, David    Reviewer(s) Hammond, J. Daniel    Subject(s) History of Economic Thought; Methodology Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: Pre WWII

Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic Author(s) Morgan, Jennifer L.    Reviewer(s) Mitchell, Matthew David    Subject(s) Historical Demography, including Migration Servitude and Slavery International and Domestic Trade and Relations Geographic Area(s) General, International, or Comparative Africa Europe North America Time Periods(s) 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century

Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business Author(s) Satre, Lowell J.    Reviewer(s) Southall, Roger    Subject(s) Servitude and Slavery Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 20th Century: Pre WWII

Commercial Agriculture, the Slave Trade and Slavery in Atlantic Africa Reviewer(s) Engerman, Stanley L.     Subject(s) Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries Servitude and Slavery International and Domestic Trade and Relations Geographic Area(s) Africa Europe Time Periods(s) 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century

An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895: The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire Author(s) Campbell, Gwyn    Reviewer(s) Worden, Nigel    Subject(s) Servitude and Slavery Geographic Area(s) Africa Time Periods(s) 19th Century