Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640 1960The small but important region of Dahomey (now the People's Republic of Benin) has played an active role in the world economy throughout the era of mercantile and industrial capitalism, beginning as an exporter of slaves and becoming an exporter of plain oil and palm kernels. This book covers a span of three centuries, integrating into a single framework the pre colonial, colonial and post colonial economic history of Dahomey. Mr Manning has pieced