ABSTRACT Trade on the Gold Coast in the eighteenth century was dominated by non-monetized barter trade. In this paper, a large dataset of barter transactions are used to study the social embeddedness of the trade. The data shows that prestige goods such as alcohol to a disproportionate degree were exchanged for other prestige goods such as gold. Guns – but also cheaper types of textiles – were to a disproportionate degree exchanged for slaves in particular. The evidence thus helps to shed light on the social valuation of various imported commodities on the Gold Coast at this time.

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殖民前黄金海岸的易货贸易

摘要18世纪黄金海岸的贸易以非货币化易货贸易为主导。在本文中，使用大量的易货交易数据集来研究交易的社会嵌入性。数据显示，酒精等高档商品已与黄金等其他高档商品交换。枪支-以及便宜些的纺织品-尤其是与奴隶交换的比例过高。因此，这些证据有助于阐明此时黄金海岸各种进口商品的社会价值。