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Raymond E. Dumett
Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. University of London, 1966
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Biography:
Professor Dumett received his Ph.D. from the University
of London. At Purdue he teaches a range of courses on
the history of Africa and on imperialism and
colonialism. His areas of research specialization
include the economic history of West Africa, in such fields as
mining, agriculture, trade and transportation; and he is
particularly interested in the interactions between indigenous
African entrepreneurship, labor, government policy, and the
impact of the Atlantic economy. In addition to his work
on 19th and 20th century legitimate trade and commerce, he has
also written on slavery and abolition.
Professor Dumett's major works include: El
Dorado in West Africa: The Gold Mining Frontier, African Labor
and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900
(1999); Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Imperialism: The
New Debate on Empire (1998); West African Cultural
Dynamics: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives,
co-ed. with B.K. Swartz (1980): and Problems of Rural
Development: Case Studies and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives,
co-ed. with L.W. Brainerd (1975). He has published
articles in many of the leading journals in African history,
British history, and interdisciplinary and comparative
history.
Professor Dumett is a fellow of the Royal
Historical Society of Great Britain. His El Dorado in
West Africa received an award as an "Outstanding Academic
Book" from the American Library Association for the year 1990. He
has held visiting appointments at the University of Cape Town, the
University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, and he was
a visiting senior member at Linacre College, Oxford.
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