The Open Door Policy of Liberia. An Economic History of Modern Liberia (Bremen, 1983)
PhD thesis. Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Volume 1 (460 pp)
Chapter 1: The Pepper Coast Before 1847
Chapter 2: The Origin of the Closed Door and Open Door Policies 1847-1947
Chapter 3 – 10: Agriculture, Mining, Forestry (Firestone, LAMCO JV, etc.)
Chapter 10 – 13: Analysis of Impact (fiscal contribution, transfer of technology, transportation and communication)
Chapter 13: The change from a subsistence economy to a developing economy 1900 – 1979
Chapter 14: Conclusions and Recommendations
Volume 2 (234 pp)
Annexes
Bibliography
Footnotes
Index
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