The Nigerian cocoa industry and the international economy in the 1930s : a world-systems approach / by Olisa Muojama.

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Author / Creator:Muojama, O. G., author.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Description:xvi, 124 pages ; 22 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11660861
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ISBN:9781527510944
1527510948
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • The International Economy: a Historiographical Overview
  • Africa in the Crisis and Catastrophe of the 1930s
  • A Note on Sources and Methodology
  • Chapters in Brief
  • Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Cocoa Culture in Nigeria
  • The Rise of World Cocoa Economy
  • The Penetration of European Capital and the Beginnings of the Cocoa Culture in Nigeria
  • Cocoa Production and Processing in Nigeria
  • The Effects of Cocoa Production on Nigeria
  • The Organization of Cocoa Trade
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3. The Nigerian Cocoa Industry and the World Economy up to 1929
  • The Nigerian Cocoa Exports up to 1933
  • The Nigerian Cocoa Industry during World War I, 1914-1918
  • The Nigerian Cocoa Industry in the First Phase of the Inter-war Years, 1919-1929
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. The Depression and Fluctuations in the World Cocoa Prices in the 1930s
  • The Great Depression
  • Fall in the World Cocoa Prices
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5. The Rise and Fall of the International Cocoa Restrictions during the Great Depression, 1929-33
  • Price Volatility, Stabilization and International Commodity Restrictions
  • Fall in the World Cocoa Prices and Call for International Cocoa Restriction
  • The West African Cocoa Industry and the Failure of the International Cocoa Restriction Scheme in the 1930s
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6. The Fluctuations in the World Cocoa Prices and the Nigerian Cocoa Producers in the 1930s
  • Keynesianism and the Consolidation of Deglobalization
  • The Fluctuations in the World Cocoa Prices in the 1930s: Theory and Practice
  • Effects of the Fluctuations in the World Cocoa Prices of the 1930s on the Nigerian Cocoa Farmers
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7. The Cocoa Agreements and Cocoa Hold-Up in West Africa, 1937-38: The Nigeria Experience
  • Displacing 'the Irrational' Elements: The Political Economy of Cocoa (Buying) Agreements in West Africa, 1937
  • African Reactions to Trade Concentrations: The West African Cocoa Protest of 1937
  • Cocoa Hold-up of 1937-38: The Nigerian Experience
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8. Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index