The "Liverpool" of West Africa: The Dynamics and Impact of Maritime Trade in Lagos, 1900-1950This book examines the dynamics and impact of maritime trade in Lagos during the cycles of boom and slump in the first half of the twentieth century, the heyday of British colonial rule. By locating the social and economic history of the port-city in the regional, national and international contexts, it blends the interlocking themes of shipping, maritime trade, labour, entrepreneurship and colonial policy. Based on contemporary ofiicial, private, newspaper and oral accounts, the book traces the rise and fall of of the Liverpool of West Africa. |
Contents
Government the Business Community and Maritime | 11 |
Fiscal Policy and Trade in Lagos up to the First World | 25 |
Trade Population Growth Urban Development and Cost of Living | 40 |
Wartime Maritime Trade in Lagos | 56 |
Wartime Shipping in Lagos | 63 |
Maritime Trade and Lagos Society During the | 73 |
Government Policy and Trade 19191928 | 81 |
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