Dhows & Colonial Economy In Zanzibar: 1860-1970 by Erik Gilbert

Dhows & Colonial Economy In Zanzibar: 1860-1970

Eastern African Studies (Hardcover)

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 Za...

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