1st Edition

Economic Development of Africa, 1880–1939 vol 3

By David Sunderland Copyright 2011
    438 Pages
    by Routledge

    438 Pages
    by Routledge

    One of the main motives for British imperialism in Africa was economic gain. This collection examines the ways in which Britain developed Africa, and, in so doing, benefited her own economy.

    1: Agriculture: Miscellaneous; 1: Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Economic Position of the Agricultural Industry of Southern Rhodesia (Salisbury: Government Printer, 1934).; 2: S. Milligan, Report on the Present Position of the Agricultural Industry and the Necessity, or Otherwise, of Encouraging Further European Settlement in Agricultural Areas (Livingstone: Government Printer, 1931).; 3: ‘Does Farming Pay in South Africa?’, in Does Farming Pay? (Pretoria: Office of the High Commissioner of South Africa, [early 1920s]), pp. 315–34.; 4: H. H. Lardner, The Agricultural Question; A Letter to his Excellency Samuel Rowe, M.B., C. M. G., Governor in Chief, &c. &c. &c.; and How to Double the Revenue and Trade and Improve the Sanitary Condition of the West Africa Settlements; with Biographical Sketch (London: Adams & Co., 1880).; 5: H. H. Lardner, Esq. / * Essay.; 6: J. A. Barbour James, The Agricultural and Industrial Possibilities of the Gold Coast (London: St Bride’s Press Ltd and Civil Engineering Press, 1911).; 7: M. T. Dawe, Report on the Agricultural Conditions and Needs of the Gambia (London: Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1921).; 8: A. Holm, Review of Agriculture in Kenya (Nairobi: East African Standard Ltd, 1926).; 9: R. Clifton Grannum, Report of the Committee on Locust Menace Crop Insurance (Nairobi: Government Printer, 1929).; 10: An Agricultural Credit System for Cape Colony (Cape Town: Argus Printing & Publishing Company Ltd, 1907).; 11: Interim Report of the Agricultural Indebtedness Committee (Nairobi: Government Printer, 1936).; 2: European Settlement; 12: South African Settlers Information Committee, Land Settlement in South Africa. Settlers and Farms (Cape Town: Cape Times Ltd, 1916).; 13: Proposals for the Encouragement of Land Settlement and Immigration (London: British South Africa Company, [early 1910s]).; 14: J. W. Downie, Rhodesia: Development and Expansion, with Special Relation to Markets and Migration. Address … and Report of Proceedings of the Committees of the Empire Parliamentary Association (London, Empire Parliamentary Association, 1928).; 15: Northern Rhodesia Department of Lands, Land for Settlers (London: HM East African Dependencies, Trade and Information Office, 1925).; 3: Marketing; 16: E. J. G. Kelly, Report of a Committee appointed in Nigeria to Examine Recommendations made by the Commission on the Marketing of West African Cocoa , Nigeria Sessional Paper 20 (Lagos: Government Printer, 1939).; 17: R. H. Fraser, A Report on the Marketing of Northern Rhodesia Tobacco in Great Britain (Lusaka: Government Printer, 1936).; 18: V. Liversage, The Marketing of Potatoes , rev. Edn (Nairobi: Government Printer, 1932).; 19: Native Produce: Inspection and Marketing Services (Nairobi: Government Printer, 1937).

    Biography

    David Sunderland