1990/10/01 by Kwame Arhin · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #Urban and Rural Development Challenges #Social and Economic Development in India #Colonialism #State (computer science) #State formation #Paragraph #Politics #Social stratification #Order (exchange) #History #Economics #Political economy #Economy #Political science #Economic history #Law #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.2307/1160206
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Opening Paragraph This article examines well-known facts about Asante trade in the nineteenth century with a view to defining the contribution of trade to accumulation. The question of accumulation becomes significant when considered in relation to recent directions in Asante economic, social and political history. These have featured the role of the precolonial Asante state in the development of its economy (Wilks, 1967; 1975; McCaskie, 1980), stratification (Wilks, 1975; McCaskie, 1980; 1983; 1986; Arhin, 1983a; 1983b; 1986a), and what may be called the paradox of colonial rule, that it liberalised accumulative forces in order to enhance its exploitative opportunities (Arhin, 1974; 1975).