{"product_id":"the-african-british-long-eighteenth-century-tcho-mbaimba-caulker-9780739127438","title":"The African-British Long Eighteenth Century: An Analysis of African-British Treaties, Colonial Economics, and Anthropological Discourse","description":"Tracing the development of British colonial administration in West Africa over the course of the long eighteenth century, Caulker illuminates the solidification of the administration as it goes through a learning process of power. This book analyzes the documents and treaties that the indigenous peoples of eighteen-century Sierra Leone made with their future British colonizers, and compares them with the writings of Adam Smith to uncover a colonial philosophy linking European economic success with the process of civilizing Africa through moral education. A discussion of other archival materials demonstrates the ways that an emerging anthropological science and pseudo-scientific methodology contributed to colonial ventures and exploration. The book concludes with an analysis of the postcolonial novel \u003ci\u003eThe Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar\u003c\/i\u003e, demonstrating that the study of this long eighteenth-century archive has as much to do with the present postcolonial era as it does with the period of African colonization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tcho Mbaimba Caulker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0739127438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780739127438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 58","brand":"Tcho Mbaimba Caulker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059604058367,"sku":"9780739127438","price":114.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef2f811a-0547-406f-af08-b09cbe4e4caa.jpg?v=1685059231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-african-british-long-eighteenth-century-tcho-mbaimba-caulker-9780739127438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}