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1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages). |
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Publications on the Near East
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Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Mocha trade network -- The Yemeni coffee network -- A littoral society in Yemen -- Merchants and Nākhūdhas -- the urban form and orientation of Mocha -- Trading spaces -- On the politics of inside and out -- Conclusion : the end of the Mocha Era -- Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimī Yemin and the governors of Mocha -- Appendix B. Archival and museum sources consulted. |
| Summary |
"Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. Its very name became synonymous with Yemen's most important revenue-producing crop, coffee. After the imams of the Qasimi dynasty ousted the Ottomans in 1635, Mocha's trade turned eastward toward the Indian Ocean and coastal India. Merchants and shipowners from Asian, African, and European shores flocked to the city to trade in Arabian coffee and aromatics, Indian textiles, Asian spices, and silver from the New World. Nancy Um tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did. Mocha was a hub in a great trade network encompassing overseas cities, agricultural hinterlands, and inland market centers. All these connected places, together with the functional demands of commerce in the city, the social stratification of its residents, and the imam's desire for wealth, contributed to Mocha's architectural and urban form. Eventually, in the mid-1800s, the Ottomans regained control over Yemen and abandoned Mocha as their coastal base. Its trade and its population diminished and its magnificent buildings began to crumble, until few traces are left of them today. This book helps bring Mocha to life once again." http://books.google.com/books?id=NqWNPAAACAAJ |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Language |
English. |
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Architecture and merchants -- Yemen (Republic) -- Mukhā -- History -- 17th century.
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Architecture and merchants. |
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Yemen (Republic) -- Mukhā. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Architecture and merchants -- Yemen (Republic) -- Mukhā -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Mukhā (Yemen) -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century.
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Mukhā (Yemen) -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century.
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Mukhā (Yemen) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General. |
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Buildings. |
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Commerce. |
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Yemen (Republic) -- Mukhā. |
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1600 - 1799 |
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Geschichte 1650-1750. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The merchant houses of Mocha Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009. 9780295989105 (hardback : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008051590 |
| ISBN |
9780295800233 ebook |
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0295800232 |
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9780295989105 hardback alkaline paper |
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0295989106 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780295989112 paperback alkaline paper |
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0295989114 paperback alkaline paper |
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