Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970: 1860-1970

by Erik Gilbert

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Conventional history assumes that the rise of the steamship trade killed off the Indian Ocean dhow trade in the twentieth century. Erik Gilbert argues that the dhow economy played a major role in shaping the economic and social life of colonial Zanzibar. Dhows, and the regional trade they fostered, allowed a class of indigenous entrepreneurs to thrive in Zanzibar. These entrepreneurs, whose economic interests stretched across continents and colonial...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0821415581

ISBN13:9780821415580

Release Date:February 2005

Publisher:Ohio University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Africa Business Business & Investing Commerce Economics History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Popular Economics Tanzania

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