{"product_id":"ouidah-robin-law-9780821415726","title":"Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving Port, 1727-1892","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOuidah\u003c\/i\u003e, an African town in the Republic of Benin, was the principal precolonial commercial center of its region and the second-most-important town of the Dahomey kingdom. It served as a major outlet for the transatlantic slave trade. Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the Slave Coast. This is the first detailed study of the town's history and of its role in the Atlantic slave trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOuidah\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-documented case study of precolonial urbanism, of the evolution of a merchant community, and in particular of the growth of a group of private traders whose relations with the Dahomian monarchy grew increasingly problematic over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821415727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821415726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.26w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 1882","brand":"Robin Law","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070128025855,"sku":"9780821415726","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a368f99b-d7d6-4c24-b890-faf3346221b3.jpg?v=1685428519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ouidah-robin-law-9780821415726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}