Salt of the Desert Sun : A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan (African Studies)
Автор:Paul E. Lovejoy Год: 2003 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: [не указано] ISBN: 0521524334 Book DescriptionA study of the organisation of the salt industry of the Sokoto Caliphate and Borno.Download DescriptionIn this study of salt production and trade, Professor Lovejoy examines the interaction between ecology, technology and social structureas a means of analysing the organisation of the salt industry of the Sokoto Caliphate and Borno. By concentrating on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lovejoy is able to establish a base-line from which to interpret earlier changes in the salt trade and thereby assess the impact of politics and economy on the history of the trade. By the end of the nineteenth century, production depended upon a combination of slavery, free migrant peasants, and workers from the haddad artisan caste. A complex marketing network serviced the various salines, although this network was intimately connected with the distribution of other commodities, especially textiles, grain and livestock. An examination of this marketing system reveals...
