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Window of Opportunities : The Great Depression, Protectionism and the Rise of Profitable Settler Agriculture in Africa

Green, Erik LU (2022) p.202-224
Abstract
The establishment of profitable European settler agriculture overseas has received considerable scholarly attention. Much of this literature focus on the ‘New World’ and the European off-shoots. It is generally argued that the golden age of these settler societies were 1870 to 1913. A globalization wave gave the settler farmers access to migrant labour and global markets. By contrast, European
settler agriculture in British Africa became profitable during the inter-war period, characterized by falling terms of trade, volatile global markets and eventually a global depression and increased protectionism. This chapter compare three such cases – tea production in Nyasaland, coffee in Kenya and tobacco in Southern Rhodesia. The chapter... (More)
The establishment of profitable European settler agriculture overseas has received considerable scholarly attention. Much of this literature focus on the ‘New World’ and the European off-shoots. It is generally argued that the golden age of these settler societies were 1870 to 1913. A globalization wave gave the settler farmers access to migrant labour and global markets. By contrast, European
settler agriculture in British Africa became profitable during the inter-war period, characterized by falling terms of trade, volatile global markets and eventually a global depression and increased protectionism. This chapter compare three such cases – tea production in Nyasaland, coffee in Kenya and tobacco in Southern Rhodesia. The chapter shows that increased protectionism facilitated the growth of profitable settler agriculture. It enabled the settlers to enter highly competitive markets. (Less)
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keywords
Imperialism, Africa, settler agriculture, protectionism
host publication
British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960 : Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien - Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien
editor
Inikori, Joseph
pages
22 pages
publisher
The Boydell Press
ISBN
978 1 78327 646 2
project
Development or exploitation - The long term developments of settler farming in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Green, Erik}},
  booktitle    = {{British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960 : Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien}},
  editor       = {{Inikori, Joseph}},
  isbn         = {{978 1 78327 646 2}},
  keywords     = {{Imperialism; Africa; settler agriculture; protectionism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{202--224}},
  publisher    = {{The Boydell Press}},
  title        = {{Window of Opportunities : The Great Depression, Protectionism and the Rise of Profitable Settler Agriculture in Africa}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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