Ellen Hillbom
Professor, Stf prefekt, Studierektor för forskarutbildningen, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
Endogenous processes of Colonial Settlement : The success and failure of European settler farming in sub-Saharan Africa*
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper comments on studies that aim to quantify the long-term economic effects of historical European settlement across the globe. We argue for the need to properly conceptualise «colonial settlement» as an endogenous development process shaped by the interaction between prospective settlers and indigenous peoples. We conduct three comparative case studies in West, East and Southern Africa, showing that the «success» or «failure» of colonial settlement critically depended on colonial government policies arranging European farmer’s access to local land, but above all, local labour resources. These policies were shaped by the clashing interests of African farmers and European planters, in which colonial governments did not necessarily, and certainly not consistently, abide to settler demands, as is often assumed.
Avdelning/ar
- Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2016-09-01
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
237-265
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Revista de Historia Economica
Volym
34
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Ämne
- Economic History
Nyckelord
- cash-crop production
- colonial history
- settler farming
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0212-6109