Shipped But Not Sold: Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade During Yemen's Age of Coffee
(Part of the Perspectives on the Global Past Series)
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In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both luxury and mundane. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merchants transported to and from Yemen and examines the cargo holds of their boats to reveal the goods held within. They included eastern spices and aromatics,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824893921
ISBN13:9780824893927
Release Date:March 2022
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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