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Fenske, James (2014) Imachi Nkwu : trade and the Commons. The Journal of Economic History , 74 (1). pp. 39-68. doi:10.1017/S0022050714000023 ISSN 0022-0507.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022050714000023
Abstract
The conventional view is that an increase in the value of a natural resource can lead to private property over it. Many Igbo groups in Nigeria, however, curtailed private rights over palm trees in response to the palm produce trade of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I use the Ostrom (2007, 2009) framework for analyzing social-ecological systems to guide the construction of a model of this transition. An increase in the resource price leads the owner to prefer communal harvesting, which simplifies monitoring against theft. I support this framework with evidence from colonial court records. “Palm cutting always cause palaver.”
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Nigéria -- Economic conditions -- 20th century, Palm oil -- Ecomomic aspects -- Nigéria, Igbo (African people) -- Agriculture, Nigéria -- Agriculture -- Law and legislation, Court records -- Nigéria | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Economic History | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-0507 | ||||||||
Official Date: | March 2014 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 74 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 39-68 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0022050714000023 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 January 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 31 January 2017 |
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