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| Genre/Form: | Congresses |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Himanshu Prabha Ray; Edward A Alpers |
| ISBN: | 9780195677058 0195677056 |
| OCLC Number: | 122929071 |
| Description: | xiv, 311 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Studying the Indian Ocean world : problems and opportunities / Michael N. Pearson -- Maritime communities : an overview / Kenneth McPherson -- Crossing the seas : connecting maritime spaces in colonial India / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- War, movement, and resettlement : the Paravas and the Jesuits in the sixteenth century / Mahesh Gopalan -- Aceh between two worlds : an intersection of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean / Anthony Reid -- Littoral society in the Mozambique Channel / Edward A. Alpers -- VOC Cape Town as an Indian Ocean port / Nigel Worden -- Oman and Zanzibar : the historical roots of a global community / Erik Gilbert -- The network of monetary exchange in the Indian Ocean trade, 1200-1700 / Najaf Haider -- Money on the move : the rupee and the Indian Ocean region / Shailendra Bhandare -- Non-metallic currencies of India in Indian Ocean trade and economies / Sanjay Garg -- Merchants in transit : risk-sharing strategies in the Indian Ocean / Lakshmi Subramanian -- Slavery and the trans-Indian Ocean World slave trade : a historical outline / Gwyn Campbell. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Himanshu Prabha Ray and Edward A. Alpers. |
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Abstract:
Provides information on maritime history of the Indian Ocean. This book shifts 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.
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An important contribution to a growing literature of the Indian Ocean world...It takes a particular and ultimately rewarding approach, arguing that this unique maritime world cannot be defined simply by geography or environment, but through the complex relationship and interaction of both with maritime communities. Clare Anderson, Reviews in History ...extremely informative...The book is well conceived and well editied Christer Westerdahl, Nautical Archaeology Read more...
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