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Historical research on the West African path of economic development: The case of textile industry

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K13548
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 07070:Economic history-related
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Kobayashi Kazuo  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (00823189)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords西アフリカ / 発展径路 / 繊維産業 / 熱帯 / 季節性 / 大西洋奴隷貿易 / 労働力 / 地域経済 / 布 / 西中央アフリカ / 植民地時代 / 発展経路 / グローバル・ヒストリー
Outline of Research at the Start

近年のグローバル・ヒストリー研究では、熱帯諸地域の経済発展パターンの解明が喫緊の課題になっている。本研究では、主として西アフリカの製造業(繊維生産)に着目することによって、同地域の経済発展の特徴を明らかにすることを目的とする。具体的には、まず環境条件の多様性が繊維生産に及ぼす影響と、地域内及び遠隔地交易が各地の生産・消費とどのように結びついているのかを考察する。なかでも、比較的史料にアクセスすることが容易な18世紀から20世紀の繊維生産や交易に焦点を絞ることによって、植民地化・脱植民地化前後での連続性・変化を解明することを目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, I have explored the developmental path of West Africa from the precolonial to postcolonial periods, focusing on the textile industry. In my monograph, a Japanese book, I discussed it during the precolonial period in details. In the meanwhile, in an article publihsed from the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, I highlighted continuities in textile production such as seasonality, gender-based division of labour, and weaving technology, from the precolonial period to later periods.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

季節性、土壌の質、繊維産業の性別役割分業や技術など、植民地化以前における地域経済や繊維産業の特徴の一部が、現在においてもみられる点が確認された。また、南アジアや東南アジアなど他の熱帯地域との比較研究を進める上での参照軸を提供したことが考えられる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 6 results) Book (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Political Economy of Textiles in the Atlantic Slave Trade2024

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Journal Title

      Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-23

    • DOI

      10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.1446

    • ISBN
      9780190277734
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Tecendo redes imperiais: Uma dimensao asiatica do comercio britanico de escravos no Atlantico no seculo XVIII2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Journal Title

      Afro-Asia

      Volume: in print Issue: 63 Pages: 11-39

    • DOI

      10.9771/aa.v0i63.38307

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Economic Development of West Africa from the Precolonial to Colonial Periods: A Note for Comparative Studies of Tropical Development2024

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      Debating Economic Development in Tropical Asia: Historical Pathways, Environmental Constraints and Population Growth
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 西アフリカにおけるインド綿布ー大西洋奴隷貿易とその後2024

    • Author(s)
      小林 和夫
    • Organizer
      五感のインド洋世界ーモノの移動と感覚
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Commodity Chains of Cotton Textiles During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: India, Western Europe, and West Africa2023

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      Navigating Commodities: Production, Markets, and Consumption in History
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 植民地以前の西アフリカにおける布貨幣2022

    • Author(s)
      小林 和夫
    • Organizer
      日本金融学会2022年度春季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The British Atlantic Slave Trade and Indian Cotton Textiles: An Umbrella Model2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      XIXth World Economic History Congress
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The World of Weavers in The Gambia in the 1970s2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      XIXth World Economic History Congress
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An Umbrella System: South Asia in the Early Modern Atlantic2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      South Asia through a Global Lens
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The British Atlantic Slave Trade and Indian Cotton Textiles: An Umbrella Model2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      VIII EIHC Imperios Coloniais da Era Moderna: rupturas e permanencias
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 西アフリカ経済の発展径路にかんする試論ー19世紀のパームオイル輸出生産を事例として2021

    • Author(s)
      小林 和夫
    • Organizer
      経済史研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 大西洋奴隷貿易とその後ー西アフリカ、インド綿布、世界経済2020

    • Author(s)
      小林 和夫
    • Organizer
      「「奴隷」と隷属の世界史-地中海型奴隷制度論を中心として-」研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 脇村孝平編『近現代熱帯アジアの経済発展ー人口・環境・資源』2024

    • Author(s)
      小林和夫
    • Total Pages
      336
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 前川一郎編『歴史学入門ーだれにでもひらかれた14講』2023

    • Author(s)
      小林和夫
    • Total Pages
      288
    • Publisher
      昭和堂
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Redhika Seshan and Ryuto Shimada, eds., Connecting the Indian Ocean World: Across Sea and Land2023

    • Author(s)
      Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Total Pages
      142
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Zhao Feng and Marie-Louise Nosch, eds., Textiles and Clothing: Thematic Collection of the Cultural Interactions along the Silk Roads2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Riello and Kazuo Kobayashi
    • Total Pages
      413
    • Publisher
      UNESCO and China National Silk Museum
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 小川幸司・島田竜登編『岩波講座世界歴史11 構造化される世界』2022

    • Author(s)
      小林和夫
    • Total Pages
      277
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 奴隷貿易をこえて2021

    • Author(s)
      小林 和夫
    • Total Pages
      326
    • Publisher
      名古屋大学出版会
    • ISBN
      4815810370
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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