
Books
Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy (2020) Economic History of Colonialism, Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Leigh Gardner (2012) Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperial Rule, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Daniel Branch, Nicholas Cheeseman and Leigh Gardner, eds. (2010) Our Turn to Eat: Politics in Kenya Since 1950, Berlin: Lit Verlag.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Jutta Bolt and Leigh Gardner (forthcoming), 'How Africans shaped British colonial institutions: evidence from local taxation', Journal of Economic History.
Jari Eloranta and Leigh Gardner (forthcoming), 'War and empire', in Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao (eds), Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Leigh Gardner (forthcoming 2020), 'Financial history of Sub-Saharan Africa', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Leigh Gardner (2020), '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)
Leigh Gardner (2019), 'East and Central Africa', in Anne Booth and Ewout Frankema (eds), Financing Empire: Comparing Colonial Fiscal States in Africa and Asia, 1850-1960 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press).
Leigh Gardner (2018), 'Numerical data & statistical sources', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History (Oxford: Oxford University Press) doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.366
Leigh Gardner (2017) 'Colonialism or supersanctions: Sovereignty and debt in West Africa, 1871-1914', European Review of Economic History 21, pp. 236-257.
Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner (2016) 'Economic development in Africa and Europe: reciprocal comparisons', Revista Historica Economica 34, pp. 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), pp. 291-314.
Leigh Gardner, ‘The Rise and Fall of Sterling in Liberia, 1870-1943’, Economic History Review 67 (2014), pp. 1089-1112.
Johan Fourie and Leigh Gardner, ‘The internationalization of economic history: a puzzle’, Economic History of Developing Regions 29, pp. 1-14.
Leigh Gardner (2013) ‘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.
Maxim Bolt, Catherine Eagleton and Leigh Gardner (2012) ‘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.
Leigh Gardner (2010) ‘Decentralization and Corruption in Historical Perspective: Evidence from Tax Collection in British Colonial Africa’, Economic History of Developing Regions 25: 213-36.
Leigh Gardner (2010) ‘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.
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 and Tirthankar Roy (2020) Economic History of Colonialism, Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Leigh Gardner (2012) Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperial Rule, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Daniel Branch, Nicholas Cheeseman and Leigh Gardner, eds. (2010) Our Turn to Eat: Politics in Kenya Since 1950, Berlin: Lit Verlag.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Jutta Bolt and Leigh Gardner (forthcoming), 'How Africans shaped British colonial institutions: evidence from local taxation', Journal of Economic History.
Jari Eloranta and Leigh Gardner (forthcoming), 'War and empire', in Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao (eds), Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Leigh Gardner (forthcoming 2020), 'Financial history of Sub-Saharan Africa', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Leigh Gardner (2020), '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)
Leigh Gardner (2019), 'East and Central Africa', in Anne Booth and Ewout Frankema (eds), Financing Empire: Comparing Colonial Fiscal States in Africa and Asia, 1850-1960 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press).
Leigh Gardner (2018), 'Numerical data & statistical sources', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History (Oxford: Oxford University Press) doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.366
Leigh Gardner (2017) 'Colonialism or supersanctions: Sovereignty and debt in West Africa, 1871-1914', European Review of Economic History 21, pp. 236-257.
Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner (2016) 'Economic development in Africa and Europe: reciprocal comparisons', Revista Historica Economica 34, pp. 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), pp. 291-314.
Leigh Gardner, ‘The Rise and Fall of Sterling in Liberia, 1870-1943’, Economic History Review 67 (2014), pp. 1089-1112.
Johan Fourie and Leigh Gardner, ‘The internationalization of economic history: a puzzle’, Economic History of Developing Regions 29, pp. 1-14.
Leigh Gardner (2013) ‘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.
Maxim Bolt, Catherine Eagleton and Leigh Gardner (2012) ‘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.
Leigh Gardner (2010) ‘Decentralization and Corruption in Historical Perspective: Evidence from Tax Collection in British Colonial Africa’, Economic History of Developing Regions 25: 213-36.
Leigh Gardner (2010) ‘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.
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).