This book examines five hundred years of South African economic history.

While sharing some characteristics with other middle-income countries, South Africa is a country with a unique economic history and distinctive economic feature

‘This is a desperately needed book. It not only surveys the field of African economic history at the level of undergraduate students, but provides several fre

The theme of the book is how efficient economic organisation with clearly defined property rights in the framework of a market economy has made possible the dev

Why has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we exp