Shipped but Not Sold : : Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade during Yemen's Age of Coffee / / Nancy Um; ed. by Anand A. Yang, Kieko Matteson.
In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both luxury and mundane. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merch...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Perspectives on the Global Past
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 11 color, 12 b&w illustrations, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Spelling, Conventions, and Dates
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Rites of Entry at the Maritime Threshold
- 2. European Merchant Tribute in Yemen
- 3. Merchants from India and Their Gift Practices in Yemen
- 4. Everyday Objects and Tools of the Trade
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index