Hakutulokset: oceans
Etsimme kuitenkin kirjoja hakusanalla oceans , mikä antoiyhteensä 37 hakutulosta
Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar
This book is a vivid history of Madagascar from the pre-colonial era to decolonization, examining a set of French colonial projects and perceptions that revolve around issues of …
Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean
This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites—from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to …
Starvation and the State
Sudan has historically suffered devastating famines that have powerfully reshaped its society. This study shows that food crises were the result of exploitative processes that …
Starvation and the State
Sudan has historically suffered devastating famines that have powerfully reshaped its society. This study shows that food crises were the result of exploitative processes that …
Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean
This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites—from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to …
Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World
This volume comprises a selection of essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines that discuss the exchange relationship between Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world …
Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf
This book is the first in English to survey indigenous knowledge of seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in Arab Gulf almanacs. It provides an extensive analysis of …
The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640–1945
The African Red Sea Littoral, currently divided between Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is one of the poorest regions in the world. But the pastoralist communities …
Knowledge and the Indian Ocean
This volume examines Western India’s contributions to the spread of ideas, beliefs and other intangible ties across the Indian Ocean world. The region, particularly Gujarat and …
Connectivity in Motion
This original collection brings islands to the fore in a growing body of scholarship on the Indian Ocean, examining them as hubs or points of convergence and divergence in a world …