Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Indian Ocean: Oceanic Connections and the Creation of New Societies
Abdul Sheriff (Ed.)
€ 99.85
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Indian Ocean: Oceanic Connections and the Creation of New Societies
Hardback. The Indian Ocean was the first venue of global trade, connecting the Mediterranean and South China. This book offers an anthropological and historical examination of the impact of maritime trade on wider society. Editor(s): Sheriff, Abdul; Ho, Enseng. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1QSN; HBJF; HBTM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
The Indian Ocean was the first venue of global trade, connecting the Mediterranean and South China Sea. Inspired by the insights of Fernand Braudel, and by Michael Mollat, who saw it as 'a zone of encounters and contacts ...a privileged crossroads of culture,' this volume explores two inter-related themes. The first, on oceanic linkages, presents the diversity of the peoples who have traversed it and their relationships by tracing their tangible movements and connections. The second, on the creation of new societies, revisits better-known socio-historical phenomena - - such as slavery, indentured labour, the Swahili language and Muslim charity - ... Read more
The Indian Ocean was the first venue of global trade, connecting the Mediterranean and South China Sea. Inspired by the insights of Fernand Braudel, and by Michael Mollat, who saw it as 'a zone of encounters and contacts ...a privileged crossroads of culture,' this volume explores two inter-related themes. The first, on oceanic linkages, presents the diversity of the peoples who have traversed it and their relationships by tracing their tangible movements and connections. The second, on the creation of new societies, revisits better-known socio-historical phenomena - - such as slavery, indentured labour, the Swahili language and Muslim charity - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849044271
SKU
V9781849044271
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-1
About Abdul Sheriff (Ed.)
Abdul Sheriff is Director of the Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute and the author of Dhow Cultures of the Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanism, Commerce, and Islam, published by Hurst. Engseng Ho is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University and author of The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean, which tells of how Muslim sailors, scholars, merchants ... Read more
Reviews for The Indian Ocean: Oceanic Connections and the Creation of New Societies