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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
[2019]
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| 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