On Trans-Saharan trails : Islamic law, trade networks, and cross-cultural exchange in nineteenth-century Western Africa /

This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade network system based on a case study of 'Berber' traders from the Wād Nūn region, who special...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lydon, Ghislaine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
1800-1899
Trade routes > Sahara > History > 19th century.
Trade routes > Africa, West > History > 19th century.
Routes commerciales > Sahara > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Routes commerciales > Afrique occidentale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
Commerce.
Trade routes.
Sahara > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Africa, West > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Sahara > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Afrique occidentale > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
West Africa.
Sahara.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Making history" across the African divide
  • Trans-Saharan trade in the Longue durée
  • Markets and the movement of caravans : nineteenth-century developments
  • Guelmīm and the Wād Nūn traders
  • The organization of the caravan trade
  • Business practice and legal culture in a paper economy of faith
  • Trade networks and the limits of cooperative behavior
  • On trans-Saharan trails.

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