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The manuscript examines the economic motivations behind the West African Scramble from 1835 to 1885, highlighting a significant terms of trade boom in sub-Saharan Africa that contradicts the notion of declining export markets during this period. It argues that the rising export prices and declining costs of colonial conquest made the scramble politically and economically viable, particularly for French interests in the region. The study utilizes a new trade dataset to provide a comprehensive analysis of tra

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jbluemiller

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