Dhow Cultures and the Indian Ocean: Cosmopolitanism, Commerce, and Islam (Columbia/Hurst)
A must for those interested in ocean trade and its importance for the spread of cultures, migrants, and religions, and that trade's impacts on and transformations of the economic systems and cultures of Indian Ocean countries by seaborne commerce.(CHOICE)I highly recommend Dhow Cultures and the Indian Ocean, especially as it applies to global instability today, no doubt in part shaped by the experience of the Indian Ocean.(John NunleyH-AfrArts)Dhow Cultures is a well-argued book that examines the dynamic and long-term processes leading to the emergence of a truly global world of the Indian Ocean.(Ghulam A. NadriJournal of World History1900-01-00)