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Africa and the Demographic Consequences of the Columbian Exchange

Africa and the Demographic Consequences of the Columbian Exchange AbstractPatrick Manning has been one of the leading scholars of African historical demography since the late 1970s. This essay takes stock of his contribution to the field and highlights some of the debates in which Manning has participated over the past forty years. The essay also discusses some of the main challenges of extrapolating African population series into previous centuries, arguing that the models designed by Manning capture the potential negative consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on African population development since 1500 well, but that the next step forward requires methods for estimating the positive effects of the introduction and diffusion of New World food crops in Africa. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Review of World Histories Brill

Africa and the Demographic Consequences of the Columbian Exchange

Asian Review of World Histories , Volume 7 (1-2): 14 – Jan 23, 2019

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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2287-965X
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2287-9811
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10.1163/22879811-12340046
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Abstract

AbstractPatrick Manning has been one of the leading scholars of African historical demography since the late 1970s. This essay takes stock of his contribution to the field and highlights some of the debates in which Manning has participated over the past forty years. The essay also discusses some of the main challenges of extrapolating African population series into previous centuries, arguing that the models designed by Manning capture the potential negative consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on African population development since 1500 well, but that the next step forward requires methods for estimating the positive effects of the introduction and diffusion of New World food crops in Africa.

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Asian Review of World HistoriesBrill

Published: Jan 23, 2019

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