Palm Oil and Protest: An Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980.

List of maps and figure Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Ecology, society and economic change to 1891 3. The Ngwa and colonial rule, 1891-1914 4. The expansion of the oil palm industry, 1884-1914 5. The end of the boom 6. Cassava and Christianity 7. Authority, justice and property rights 8. Trade, credit and mobility 9. Production and protest: the Women Riot, 1929 10. Cash cropping and economic change, 1930-80 11. Conclusion Statistical appendix Notes Interviews conducted in the Ngwa region, 1980-1 Bibliography Index.