Dhow Cultures and the Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanism, Commerce and Islam

Name: Dhow Cultures and the Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanism, Commerce and Islam
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ISBN: 9780199327041

ISBN-10: 0199327041

ISBN-13: 9780199327041

Edition: N/A

Authors: Abdul Sherrif

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The wooden dhow, with its characteristic lateen sail, is an appropriate icon for the early trading world of the Indian Ocean. It was based on free trade unhindered by monopolies or superpower domination and pre-dated 'globalisation' by thousands of years. It carried a motley crew of sailors, traders and passengers, and many commodities, but the dhow was not merely an inanimate transporter of goods and people, but an animated means of social interaction. The dhow was at the mercy of the seasonal monsoons, but mercifully this very fact multiplied opportunities for social interaction between the sailors and traders with their hosts around the rim of the Indian Ocean, giving birth to…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/21/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 360
Size: 8.82" wide x 5.79" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Abdul Sheriff is the director of the Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute and the author of three key books on the history of maritime East Africa: Zanzibar Under Colonial Rule; Slaves, Spices, and Ivory in Zanzibar; and The History and Conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town.