Deceived by African Cotton

The British Cotton Growing Association and the Demise of the Lancashire Textile Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID9375715
AuthorsSteve Onyeiwu (corresponding author)
Year2000
Issue28
Pages89-89
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0145-2258 • E-ISSN: 2163-9108
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3601650
OpenAlexW1552066705
LanguageEN
Citations received6

here appears to be a general consensus that colonial incursion into Africa was primarily motivated by the quest for raw materials and markets for imperial manufacturers.' Beneath this consensus, however, lie questions that have been ignored by economic historians: what mechanisms did the British use in the acquisition of raw materials from Africa? Beyond broad generalizations and conjectures, in what specific ways did the British state promote the production of raw materials in Africa? How did the colonized people react to the British quest for raw materials? What kinds of alliances and institutions did the British state foster in the quest for raw materials? The British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA)2 was one of the notable and influential organizations involved in raw material

Agricultural economics · Archaeology · Demise · Economics · Geography · Political science · Pulp and paper industry · Textile · Textile industry · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law

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