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1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
New African Histories
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New African histories series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Buying time -- Drought and new mobilities in the Omani interior -- The customs masters and customs of credit in Zanzibar -- Sultans at sea : mobility and the Omani states -- Halwa and identity in the western Indian Ocean world -- Tippu Tip's kin, from Oman to the eastern Congo -- Freed slaves : manumission and mobility before 1873 -- Acts for consuls and consular acts : documents, manumission, and ocean travel after 1873 -- A dhow on Lake Victoria -- "Everything is pledged to its time" : Salih bin Ali, debt, and rebellion in the Omani interior -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
In Buying Time, Thomas F. McDow synthesizes Indian Ocean, Middle Eastern, and East African studies as well as economic and social history to explain how, in the nineteenth century, credit, mobility, and kinship knit together a vast interconnected Indian Ocean region. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
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Indian Ocean Region. |
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Commerce. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Africa, Eastern -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
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Eastern Africa. |
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Africa, Eastern -- Civilization -- Oriental influences.
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Civilization. |
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Credit -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Credit. |
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Credit -- Africa, Eastern -- History -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: McDow, Thomas F., 1970- Buying time. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018] 9780821422816 0821422812 (OCoLC)1010637845 |
ISBN |
9780821446096 (electronic book) |
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0821446096 (electronic book) |
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9780821422816 |
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0821422812 |
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9780821422823 |
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0821422820 |
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0821446096 |
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