African Economic History · 1982 · 47 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesEconomicsSociologyAfrican StudiesEconomic DevelopmentSocial InequalityAfrican Development StudiesAfrican EconomiesAfrican SocietiesColonial AfricaColonialismPrecolonial African StatesIndustrial Property DevelopmentMercantile HistoryPrecolonial HistoryPrecolonial Land UsePrecolonial State FormationReproduction Of Social InequalityTribal FormationTribal History
What form does social inequality take without classes? How does the ecology of an area, in particular the Zaire basin, interact with social organization? What forms of production existed in different areas? What were the effects of mercantile capitalism on tribal production? These questions and more are tackled with a view to increasing our understanding of industrial development in precolonial Africa.