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Pearls, people, and power : pearling and Indian Ocean worlds /

"Pearls, People, and Power is the first book to examine the trade, distribution, production, and consumption of pearls and mother-of-pearl in the global Indian Ocean over more than five centuries. While scholars have long recognized the importance of pearling to the social, cultural, and econom...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Machado, Pedro, 1970- (Editor), Mullins, Steve, 1952- (Editor), Christensen, Joseph (Postdoctoral Fellow) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Series:Indian Ocean studies series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Indian Ocean Pearling Worlds
  • Part I: Commodification
  • 1: The Pearl Commodity Chain, Early Nineteenth Century to the End of the Second World War
  • 2: Tea, Pearls, and Pearl Shell
  • Part II: Regulation, Resource Management, and Science
  • 3: An Uncertain Venture
  • 4: The Pearler's Problem
  • 5: Early Pearling on the Indian Ocean's Southeast Fringe
  • Part III: Regionalization and Globalization
  • 6: Shell Routes
  • 7: Pearl Fishing, Migration, and Globalization in the Persian Gulf, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries
  • 8: Enslaved Africans and the Globalization of Arabian Gulf Pearling
  • 9: Torres Strait in the Moluccas
  • Part IV: Life-Stories, Memory, and Experiences
  • 10: Pearling Fortunes
  • 11: Pearling Women in North Australia
  • 12: "Pearly Shells," a "Perfect Pearl," and a Guitar in a Pillowcase
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index