The ‘reversal of fortune’ thesis and the compression of history: Perspectives from African and comparative economic history

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Ecology, trade and states in pre-colonial Africa (2014, result): “These recent empirical findings are in line with those of historians and political scientists, who have argued that alien rulers had to take African systems as given and build upon them during the colonial period (Austin, 2008b; Berry, 1992; Mamdani, 1996).”
African Economic Development and Colonial Legacies (2010, background): “Hence the labour markets of pre-colonial Africa mainly took the form of slave trading (Austin 2005, chapters 6, 8; Austin 2008a).”
Colonial taxation and government spending in British Africa, 1880–1940: Maximizing revenue or minimizing effort? (2011, background): “Many studies pointed out how African economic and political agency constrained European hegemony (Bayart, 2000; Austin, 2008).”
On Tax Efforts and Colonial Heritage in Africa (2010, background): “…and institutional heritage have shaped the ‘initial conditions’ of African economies and continue to have an impact on current economic performance (Grier, 1999; Acemoglu et al., 2001; Lange, 2004; Engerman et al., 2005; Austin, 2008; Bowden and Mosley, 2008; Moradi, 2008; Bolt and Bezemer, 2009).”