Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents v
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Orthography, Currency Values, and Weights xix
7. Abbreviations xxi
8. Prologue: A Gunboat for Christmas, 1851 1
9. Chapter one The Global Meets the Local 5
10. Part I The Shock of 1851
11. Chapter 2 Creating a Cosmopolitan Frontier, 1851–1880 31
12. Chapter 3 The Mercantile Community 72
13. Chapter 4 Chief Daniel Taiwo and His Network 103
14. Chapter 5 James Davies, King of the Merchant Princes 135
15. Part II The Shock of 1892
16. Chapter 6 Crisis and Transition, 1880–1900 165
17. Chapter 7 The Mercantile Community 199
18. Chapter 8 Merchants as Money Lenders: Richard Blaize and Isaac Williams 228
19. Chapter 9 James Davies: The First of the Cocoa Farmers 265
20. Chapter 10 The Changing Economic Environment, 1900–1914 294
21. Chapter 11 Accommodation and Diversification 323
22. Chapter 12 Negotiating Colonial Rule: Josiah Doherty and Samuel Pearse 362
23. Chapter 13 Jacob Coker and the New Farming Frontier at Agege 395
24. Part III The Shock of 1914
25. Chapter 14 War and Its Consequences 433
26. Chapter 15 Peter Thomas: From Meteor to Falling Star 463
27. Chapter 16 A Conclusion, a Conundrum, and a Speculation 489
28. Epilogue: Congestion for Christmas, 2022 511
29. Appendix: Lagos Entrepreneurs, 1851–1931 515
30. Sources 519
31. Index 537
32. A note on the type 552