Bibles and beads: Missionaries as traders in the early nineteenth century
According to the author, trade across the Cape frontier in the first three decades of the th century, and government attempts to regulate that trade, cannot be understood without first considering the role of Protestant missionaries as traders and bearers of European manufactured goods in the South...
| Published in: | The journal of African history |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1989
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| In: |
The journal of African history
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| Further subjects: | B
Südliches Afrika
Südafrikanische Republik
Protestantism
Mission
Kolonialzeit
Foreign trade
B Colonialism B Africa B Africa Continent B Protestantism B Mission B Foreign trade |
| Summary: | According to the author, trade across the Cape frontier in the first three decades of the th century, and government attempts to regulate that trade, cannot be understood without first considering the role of Protestant missionaries as traders and bearers of European manufactured goods in the South African interior. The article discusses how the missionaries introduced European goods beyond the northern and eastern boundaries of the Cape colony. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0021-8537 |
| Contains: | In: The journal of African history
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