Port Cities and Intruders
Subtitle: The Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the Early Modern Era (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801872426
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Economic history; International trade; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History - General History; History; History: World; East Africa; Portugal; Africa - Central; World - Colonial Studies; History / Africa; General
First sentence: The modern notion of "world history" is a relatively new, and still largely misunderstood, concept.