Books
Leigh Gardner. Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2022.
Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy. Economic History of Colonialism. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2020..
Leigh Gardner. Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperial Rule, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Daniel Branch, Nicholas Cheeseman and Leigh Gardner, eds. (2010) Our Turn to Eat: Politics in Kenya Since 1950, Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2010.
Journal Articles
Ellen Feingold, Johan Fourie and Leigh Gardner. "A tale of paper and gold: the material history of money in South Africa," Economic History of Developing Regions 36 (2021): 264-281. Special issue for the South African Reserve Bank's centenary.
Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner. "Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885-2008: evidence from eight countries," Explorations in Economic History 83 (2022): 101424.
Jutta Bolt and Leigh Gardner. "How Africans shaped British colonial institutions: evidence from local taxation," Journal of Economic History 80 (2020): 1189-1223.
Leigh Gardner. "Colonialism or supersanctions: Sovereignty and debt in West Africa, 1871-1914," European Review of Economic History 21 (2017): 236-257.
Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner. "Economic development in Africa and Europe: reciprocal comparisons," Revista Historica Economica 34 (2016): 11-37.
Leigh Gardner. "The curious case of the franc in the Gambia: floating exchange rates and the British imperial monetary system in the 1920s," Financial History Review 22 (2015): 291-314.
Leigh Gardner, "The Rise and Fall of Sterling in Liberia, 1870-1943," Economic History Review 67 (2014): 1089-1112.
Johan Fourie and Leigh Gardner. "The internationalization of economic history: a puzzle," Economic History of Developing Regions 29 (2014): 1-14.
Leigh Gardner. "Decentralization and Corruption in Historical Perspective: Evidence from Tax Collection in British Colonial Africa," Economic History of Developing Regions 25 (2010): 213-36.
Book Chapters
Jari Eloranta and Leigh Gardner, 'War and empire', in Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao (eds), Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Leigh Gardner. 'Financial history of Sub-Saharan Africa', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Leigh Gardner. "Public debt in West Africa, 1871-1914: Sovereignty, Capital and the Politics of the 'Empire Effect'", in Nicolas Barreyre and Nicolas Delalande (eds), Global Politics of Public Debts from the Late 18th Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Leigh Gardner. "New Colonies, Old Tools: Building Fiscal Systems in East and Central Africa," in Anne Booth and Ewout Frankema (eds), Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Asia and Africa, c. 1850-1960. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Leigh Gardner, "Numerical data & statistical sources," in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Leigh Gardner. "The Fiscal History Of The Belgian Congo In Comparative Perspective," in F. Buelens and E. Frankema (eds.), Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development: The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies Compared, London: Routledge, 2013.
Maxim Bolt, Catherine Eagleton and Leigh Gardner. "Money in Africa: New Historical and Anthropological Approaches," in B. Cook (ed.), The British Museum and the Future of UK Numismatics, London: British Museum Press, 2012.
Leigh Gardner. "An Unstable Foundation: Taxation and Development in Kenya, 1945-63," in D. Branch, N. Cheeseman and L. Gardner (eds.), Our Turn to Eat: Politics in Kenya Since 1950, Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2010.
Other publications
Leigh Gardner, ‘Money and Finance’, in E. Frankema and E. Hillbom (eds), The History of African Development. Open-source textbook for African students published by the African Economic History Network (2014).
Leigh Gardner. Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2022.
Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy. Economic History of Colonialism. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2020..
Leigh Gardner. Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperial Rule, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Daniel Branch, Nicholas Cheeseman and Leigh Gardner, eds. (2010) Our Turn to Eat: Politics in Kenya Since 1950, Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2010.
Journal Articles
Ellen Feingold, Johan Fourie and Leigh Gardner. "A tale of paper and gold: the material history of money in South Africa," Economic History of Developing Regions 36 (2021): 264-281. Special issue for the South African Reserve Bank's centenary.
Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner. "Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885-2008: evidence from eight countries," Explorations in Economic History 83 (2022): 101424.
Jutta Bolt and Leigh Gardner. "How Africans shaped British colonial institutions: evidence from local taxation," Journal of Economic History 80 (2020): 1189-1223.
Leigh Gardner. "Colonialism or supersanctions: Sovereignty and debt in West Africa, 1871-1914," European Review of Economic History 21 (2017): 236-257.
Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner. "Economic development in Africa and Europe: reciprocal comparisons," Revista Historica Economica 34 (2016): 11-37.
Leigh Gardner. "The curious case of the franc in the Gambia: floating exchange rates and the British imperial monetary system in the 1920s," Financial History Review 22 (2015): 291-314.
Leigh Gardner, "The Rise and Fall of Sterling in Liberia, 1870-1943," Economic History Review 67 (2014): 1089-1112.
Johan Fourie and Leigh Gardner. "The internationalization of economic history: a puzzle," Economic History of Developing Regions 29 (2014): 1-14.
Leigh Gardner. "Decentralization and Corruption in Historical Perspective: Evidence from Tax Collection in British Colonial Africa," Economic History of Developing Regions 25 (2010): 213-36.
Book Chapters
Jari Eloranta and Leigh Gardner, 'War and empire', in Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao (eds), Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Leigh Gardner. 'Financial history of Sub-Saharan Africa', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Leigh Gardner. "Public debt in West Africa, 1871-1914: Sovereignty, Capital and the Politics of the 'Empire Effect'", in Nicolas Barreyre and Nicolas Delalande (eds), Global Politics of Public Debts from the Late 18th Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Leigh Gardner. "New Colonies, Old Tools: Building Fiscal Systems in East and Central Africa," in Anne Booth and Ewout Frankema (eds), Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Asia and Africa, c. 1850-1960. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Leigh Gardner, "Numerical data & statistical sources," in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Leigh Gardner. "The Fiscal History Of The Belgian Congo In Comparative Perspective," in F. Buelens and E. Frankema (eds.), Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development: The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies Compared, London: Routledge, 2013.
Maxim Bolt, Catherine Eagleton and Leigh Gardner. "Money in Africa: New Historical and Anthropological Approaches," in B. Cook (ed.), The British Museum and the Future of UK Numismatics, London: British Museum Press, 2012.
Leigh Gardner. "An Unstable Foundation: Taxation and Development in Kenya, 1945-63," in D. Branch, N. Cheeseman and L. Gardner (eds.), Our Turn to Eat: Politics in Kenya Since 1950, Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2010.
Other publications
Leigh Gardner, ‘Money and Finance’, in E. Frankema and E. Hillbom (eds), The History of African Development. Open-source textbook for African students published by the African Economic History Network (2014).