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Title: | Cocoa Marketing in the Gold Coast and the African Producer, 1919-1939 - With Special Reference to the Hold-Up Movements. | ||||
Author: | Miles, J. |
ISNI:
0000 0001 3398 303X
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Awarding Body: | School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) | ||||
Current Institution: | SOAS, University of London | ||||
Date of Award: | 1978 | ||||
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The 1920's and 1930's saw a series of conflicts between
the African producers of cocoa in the Gold Coast and the
European firms who bought and shipped the bulk: of the crop.
The 'hold-up' was the characteristic form of the conflict the
collective refusal by farmers to sell their crop in the
hope of pushing up the price or of forcing the buyers to
abandon anti-competitive price agreements. The hold-ups
were reinforced by consumer boycotts of the imported merchandise
handled by the same firms. There were also attempts
by the farmers to obtain a better deal through 'direct
marketing' - selling the cocoa directly to the overseas
markets. The latter never had much success, but the holdup
and boycott movements, particularly at the end of the
period, were impressive and massive demonstrations of the
Cocoa farmers' grievances and of their solidarity and
powers of organisation. However, they did not achieve
their objectives.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.465631 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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