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The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England 1681-1699
Robin Law
Law, Robin
ISBN: 9780197262528
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
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The letter-books of the Royal African Company of England cover the period 1681-1699. The original texts are published here in full, with extensive explanatory commentary. This second volume contains the letters for 1685-1688.
The letter-books of the Royal African Company of England, which have never previously been printed, cover the period 1681-1699. The original texts are being published in full, with extensive explanatory commentary, in three or four volumes. This second volume contains the letters for 1685-1688.
| ISBN | 019726252X | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780197262528 (What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 868 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series ISSN | 5 | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History | | Publication date | 06 Sep 2001 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Library of Congress | 2001277407 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 380.1096609032 | | Spine width (mm) | 43 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 486 | |
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topics are helpfully given a separate index, enabling the researcher to comb through the book relatively quickly. Robin Law has edited the correspondence deftly and unostentatiously ... this documentary edition will be well thumbed by historians. All university libraries with serious research collections should purchase a copy. History A highly valuable addition to the corpus of source materials for the history of precolonial West Africa and the transatlantic slave trade ... Robin Law should be congratulated for his ongoing efforts in placing this vital source for the history of precolonial West Africa and the slave trade in the public domain. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Robin Law has taken on the immense and painstaking job of editing the Royal African Company's (RAC) letter-books (1681-99) ... he brings experience and a sharp scholarly eye to the task ... The scholarly apparatus of the volume is excellent ... Professor Law is to be congratulated for having made this collection of letter-books available to scholars. Journal of African History Important insights into the early political and economic history of Ghana, making this handsomely produced scholarly volume an important contribution to the history of West Africa. Times Literary Supplement  Be the first to write a customer review
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