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The Swahili : the social landscape of a mercantile society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horton, Mark (Mark Chatwin)
Other Authors: Middleton, John, 1921-2009
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
Series:Peoples of Africa.
Subjects:
Swahili-speaking peoples > History.
Swahili-speaking peoples > Commerce.
Swahili-speaking peoples > Social life and customs.
Merchants > Africa, East > History.
Muslims > Africa, East > History.
Mercantile system > Africa, East > History.
Africa, East > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • The Swahili Coast
  • Origins
  • The acceptance of Islam
  • The Swahili Coast and the Indian Ocean world
  • The trading system of the Swahili Coast
  • The urban landscape
  • Social networks
  • Governance
  • Knowledge, purity and power
  • Constructing the mercantile landscape.