The Swahili : the social landscape of a mercantile society
Auteurs principaux : | , |
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Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | The Swahili : the social landscape of a mercantile society / Mark Horton and John Middleton |
Publié : |
Oxford (GB), Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell Publishers
, 2000 |
Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (282 p.) |
Collection : | The peoples of Africa general editor, Parker Shipton |
Sujets : |
- Introduction
- 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
- The social networks
- Governance
- Knowledge, purity, and power
- Constructing the mercantile landscape