The merchant houses of Mocha : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port /

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"Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. Its very name became synonymous with Yemen's most important revenue-producing crop, coffee. After the imams of the Qasimi dynasty ousted the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Um, Nancy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009.
Colección:Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
Temas:
1600 - 1799
Geschichte 1650-1750.
Architecture and merchants > Yemen (Republic) > Mukhā > History > 17th century.
Architecture and merchants > Yemen (Republic) > Mukhā > History > 18th century.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Buildings.
Architecture and merchants
Commerce
Architektur
Handelsgesellschaft
Handel
Mukhā (Yemen) > Commerce > History > 17th century.
Mukhā (Yemen) > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Mukhā (Yemen) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Yemen (Republic) > Mukhā
Mokka > Jemen
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Mocha trade network
  • The Yemeni coffee network
  • A littoral society in Yemen
  • Merchants and Nākhūdhas
  • the urban form and orientation of Mocha
  • Trading spaces
  • On the politics of inside and out
  • Conclusion : the end of the Mocha Era
  • Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimī Yemin and the governors of Mocha
  • Appendix B. Archival and museum sources consulted.

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