Change and Continuity in the British palm oil trade with West Africa, 1830–55
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8980335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Lynn (Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-348 |
| Publication date | 1981-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700019563 |
| OpenAlex | W1976623342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 13 |
The utilization of a relatively unused source, the Customs Bills of Entry , enables the structure of the British side of the West African palm oil trade to be studied in detail. Three main developments emerged in the period from 1830 to 1855 when the introduction of regular steamer services radically altered the trade. Firstly, Liverpool's pre-eminence as the main British palm oil port began to be challenged by Bristol and London; secondly, Britain's reliance on the Niger Delta as a source of supply appears to have proportionately declined, and thirdly, new traders entered the trade, especially after 1840, and challenged the hegemony of the older, established merchants. These structural changes suggest that the organization of the British side of the oil trade, hitherto controlled by a few large Liverpool traders, was breaking down from the 1840s and that this contributed to increased tension and rivalry among British traders in West Africa. This in turn helps to explain the development of the aggressive behaviour between British traders and African middlemen, noted in the Niger Delta in the 1860s, which led to the subsequent appeals for British imperial intervention
Capitalism · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Hegemony · Intervention (counseling · Palm oil · Political science · Port (circuit theory · Rivalry · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2026 (45) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |