Slaves Spices & Ivory Zanzibar: Integration of an East African Commercial - Couverture souple

Sheriff, Abdul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0821408720 ISBN 13 : 9780821408728

Editeur : Ohio University Press, 1987

Synopsis

The rise of Zanzibar was based on two major economic transformations. Firstly slaves became used for producing cloves and grains for export. Previously the slaves themselves were exported.

Secondly, there was an increased international demand for luxuries such as ivory. At the same time the price of imported manufactured gods was falling. Zanzibar took advantage of its strategic position to trade as far as the Great Lakes.

However this very economic success increasingly subordinated Zanzibar to Britain, with its anti-slavery crusade and its control over the Indian merchant class.

Professor Sheriff analyses the early stages of the underdevelopment of East Africa and provides a corrective to the dominance of political and diplomatic factors in the history of the area.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Abdul Sheriff is a professor of history at the University of Dar es Salaam and the author of The History and Conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town and coeditor of Zanzibar under Colonial Rule. He is also the principal curator of Zanzibar Museums.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ohio University Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0821408720
• ISBN 13: 9780821408728
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 317
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible