Buying time : debt and mobility in the western Indian Ocean /

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In Buying Time, Thomas F. McDow synthesizes Indian Ocean, Middle Eastern, and East African studies as well as economic and social history to explain how, in the nineteenth century, credit, mobility, and kinship knit together a vast interconnected Indian Ocean region.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDow, Thomas F., 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]
Colección:New African histories series.
Temas:
1800-1899
Credit > Indian Ocean Region > History > 19th century.
Credit > Africa, Eastern > History > 19th century.
Crédit > Indien, Région de l'océan > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Crédit > Afrique orientale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Civilization > Oriental influences
Commerce
Credit
Civilisation > Afrique orientale > Influence occidentale.
Commerce > Indien, Ocean (region) > 19e siecle.
Credit > Afrique orientale > 19e siecle.
Credit > Indien, Ocean (region) > 19e siecle.
Indian Ocean Region > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Africa, Eastern > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Africa, Eastern > Civilization > Oriental influences.
Indien, Région de l'océan > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Afrique orientale > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Eastern Africa
Indian Ocean Region
Afrique orientale > Commerce > 19e siecle.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Buying time
  • Drought and new mobilities in the Omani interior
  • The customs masters and customs of credit in Zanzibar
  • Sultans at sea : mobility and the Omani states
  • Halwa and identity in the western Indian Ocean world
  • Tippu Tip's kin, from Oman to the eastern Congo
  • Freed slaves : manumission and mobility before 1873
  • Acts for consuls and consular acts : documents, manumission, and ocean travel after 1873
  • A dhow on Lake Victoria
  • "Everything is pledged to its time" : Salih bin Ali, debt, and rebellion in the Omani interior
  • Epilogue.

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