Twilight of an Industry in East Africa

Chapter 1 Introduction: Africa’s Piece of the Global Textile Puzzle

Chapter 2 An Industry Vanishes: Cotton Cloth Manufacturing in Malawi’s Lower Shire Valley, 1850–1930

Chapter 4 The Limits of the Caravan Trade: Cloth Imports into Interior Central East Africa, c. 1850–1900

Chapter 5 Globalization or Colonial Taxation? Explaining the Decline of Textile Production in Ufipa, Tanzania, c. 1880–1940

Chapter 6 Drivers of Divergence: Textile Manufacturing in East and West Africa from the Early Modern Period to the Post-Colonial Era

Chapter 7 Conclusion: Global–Local Interactions and Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa