Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar Integration of an East African Commercial Empire into the World Economy, 1770-1873.

Abdul Sheriff analyses the early stages of the underdevelopment of East Africa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheriff, Abdul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Martlesham : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, 1987.
Colección:Eastern African studies.
Temas:
1700-1899
Slave trade > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History.
Spice trade > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History.
Ivory industry > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History.
Esclaves > Commerce > Tanzanie > Zanzibar > Histoire.
Épices > Commerce > Tanzanie > Zanzibar > Histoire.
Ivoire > Industrie > Tanzanie > Zanzibar > Histoire.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
Commerce
Ivory industry
Slave trade
Spice trade
Zanzibar > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Zanzibar > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Zanzibar > Commerce > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Zanzibar > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tanzania > Zanzibar
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Illustrations
  • Maps, Graphs and Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • Currency and Weights
  • Introduction: The Commercial Empire
  • One: The Rise of a Compradorial State
  • The mercantile civilisation of the Swahili coast
  • Portuguese intervention
  • The transformation of Oman
  • The subjugation of the Swahili coast
  • Conclusion
  • Two: The Transformation of the Slave Sector
  • The northern slave trade
  • The French slave trade and the re-subjugation of Kilwa, 1770-1822
  • The genesis of the slave system of production in Zanzibar, 1810-1840s
  • The development of the slave system on the northern coast
  • Three: Commercial Expansion and the Rise of the Merchant Class
  • The ivory trade to the end of the eighteenth century
  • The genesis of the Indian mercantile class
  • The expansion of foreign trade
  • The dynamo of merchant accumulation
  • Conclusion
  • Four: The Structure of the Commercial Empire
  • The entrepot
  • Economic dependence
  • The capital: planter town or commercial centre?
  • Five: The Hinterland of Zanzibar
  • The southern hinterland
  • The northern hinterland
  • The core of the commercial empire
  • The moving frontier
  • Where the flag did not follow trade
  • Six: The Empire Undermined
  • The subordination of the Indian merchant class
  • The dismemberment of the Omani kingdom
  • The nationalist reaction: accession of Barghash
  • The slave trade under attack
  • 'I have come to dictate'
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • A: Bombay trade with East Africa, 1801/2-1869/70
  • B: Prices of ivory and merekani sheeting, 1802/3-1873/4
  • C: Ivory imports into the United Kingdom, 1792-1875
  • Sources
  • Index

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