Red Sea citizens
Subtitle: cosmopolitan society and cultural change in Massawa
By: Jonathan Miran.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780253353122; 9780253220790
Subjects: Mits'iwa (Eritrea) -- History; Mits'iwa (Eritrea) -- Commerce -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Facing the land, facing the sea; title: 1. Making a region between the sea and the mountain: N[a,MAC][HAM]ib Autonomy and  Dominance, to the 1850s; title: 2. On camels and boats: spaces, structures, and circuits of production and exchange; title: 3. Connecting sea and land: merchants, brokers, and the anatomy of a Red Sea port town; title: 4. "A sacred Muslim island": Sufis, holy men, and town Islam in Massawa and the interior; title: 5. "Being Massawan": citizenship, family, and urban authority; title: Conclusion: constructing and deconstructing a Red Sea Society; title: Glossary; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.