The Swahili
Subtitle: the social landscape of a mercantile society
By: Mark Horton and John Middleton.
Contributors: Middleton, John, 1921-
Series: The peoples of Africa
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Swahili-speaking peoples -- History.; Swahili-speaking peoples -- Commerce.; Swahili-speaking peoples -- Social life and customs.; Merchants -- Africa, East -- History.; Muslims -- Africa, East -- History.; Mercantile system -- Africa, East -- History.; Africa, East -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Swahili Coast; title: Origins; title: The acceptance of Islam; title: The Swahili Coast and the Indian Ocean world; title: The trading system of the Swahili Coast; title: The urban landscape; title: The social networks; title: Governance; title: Knowledge, purity, and power; title: Constructing the mercantile landscape.