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288 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780821415580
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 15 February 2005
Description
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 Za...
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288 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780821415580
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 15 February 2005
Description
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 Za...