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Author Lydon, Ghislaine.

Title On Trans-Saharan trails : Islamic law, trade networks, and cross-cultural exchange in nineteenth-century Western Africa / Ghislaine Lydon.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 468 pages) : maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-449) and index.
Summary This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade network system based on a case study of 'Berber' traders from the Wād Nūn region, who specialized in outfitting camel caravans in the nineteenth century. Through an examination of contracts, correspondence, fatwas and interviews with retired caravaners, Professor Lydon shows how traders used their literacy skills in Arabic and how they had recourse to experts of Islamic law to regulate their long-distance transactions. The book also examines the strategies devised by women to participate in caravan trade. By embracing a continental approach, this study bridges the divide between West African and North African studies. The work will be of interest to historians of Africa, the Middle East, and the world and to scholars of long-distance trade, Muslim societies and Islamic law.
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Subject Sahara -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Sahara.
Commerce.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Africa, West -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
West Africa.
Trade routes -- Sahara -- History -- 19th century.
Trade routes.
Trade routes -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lydon, Ghislaine. On Trans-Saharan trails. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521887243 0521887240 (DLC) 2008019074 (OCoLC)226911748
ISBN 9780511517723 (electronic book)
0511517726 (electronic book)
0511517238 (Paper)
9780511517235 (Paper)
9780511575457
0511575459
9780521887243 (hardback)
0521887240 (hardback)
Standard No. 9786612103674