|Question 10Verbal

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Fernand Braudel and other historians of capitalism rarely discuss domestic capitalism in Africa before the period of European colonization, implicitly presenting capitalism as external to and imposed on Africa. John Iliffe and other Africanist scholars have shown, however, that in parts of Africa, institutionally protected private land ownership, the existence of salaried labor, and other features of capitalism predated colonization. One reason for this discrepancy is that historians of capitalism tend to focus on longitudinal economic data drawn from archival records, which do not exist for much of precolonial Africa.
Which statement about Iliffe and other Africanist scholars is best supported by information in the text?
They likely make use of different types of evidence than historians of capitalism typically rely on.
A
They likely have a different view about which activities should be considered capitalist in nature than historians of capitalism do.
B
They likely differ from historians of capitalism in the methods they use to derive longitudinal economic data from archival records.
C
They likely view capitalism as having been more beneficial for Africa than historians of capitalism do.
D