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Revisiting A Classic in African Economic History - An Economic History of West Africa, 2nd edition By A. G. Hopkins. London: Routledge, 2020. Pp. 414. $79.95, hardcover (ISBN: 9780367002442); $79.95, e-book (ISBN: 9780429400582).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Toby Green
Toby Green*
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King's College, London
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West Africatradehistoriographymarketsinequalityeconomic
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The Journal of African History , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , November 2021 , pp. 432 - 434
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