Cross Currents and Community Networks The History of the Indian Ocean World

Name: Cross Currents and Community Networks The History of the Indian Ocean World
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ISBN: 9780195677058

ISBN-10: 0195677056

ISBN-13: 9780195677058

Edition: 2007

Authors: Himanshu Prabha Ray, Edward A. Alpers

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This volume of maritime history shifts the focus from the European links of the Indian Ocean region to the Asian and African connections of maritime communities. It emphasizes the landscape of the sea and the multiplicity of communities that traversed it from Africa to the Indonesian archipelago.

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

WHW: Prof. of history, UCLA: NLC: prof. of history, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: EAA: Prof. of history, UCLA



List of Maps and Figures


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Maritime Communities and Littoral Societies



Studying the Indian Ocean World: Problems and Opportunities




Maritime Communities: An Overview




Crossing the Seas: Connecting Maritime Spaces in Colonial India




War, Movement, and Resettlement: The Paravas and the Jesuits in the Sixteenth Century




Aceh between Two Worlds: An Intersection of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean




Littoral Society in the Mozambique Channel




VOC Cape Town as an Indian Ocean Port




Oman and Zanzibar: The Historical Roots of a Global Community




Commercial Transactions and Currency Systems



The Network of Monetary Exchange in the Indian Ocean Trade, 1200-1700




Money on the Move: The Rupee and the Indian Ocean Region




Non-metallic Currencies of India in Indian Ocean Trade and Economies




Merchants in Transit: Risk-sharing Strategies in the Indian Ocean




Slavery and the Trans-Indian Ocean World Slave Trade: A Historical Outline



Index


Notes on Contributors