Sea of Debt - Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 17801950

An innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, charting the emergence of a trans-oceanic contractual culture.

List of contents

Prologue; 1. Life and debt; 2. Inscribing obligation; 3. Paper routes; Interlude; 4. Translating transactions; 5. Making Africa Indian; 6. Muslim mortgages; 7. Capital moves; 8. Unravelling obligation; Epilogue.

About the author

Fahad Ahmad Bishara is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in History from Duke University, North Carolina in 2012 and holds an M.A. in Arab Gulf Studies from the University of Exeter. His research, in the fields of legal history and the history of capitalism, has been supported by the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies. He was also previously a Prize Fellow in Economics, History and Politics at the Center for History and Economics at Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Summary

Bishara charts the emergence of a trans-oceanic contractual culture, the actors that assembled it, and the legal institutions that shaped it. Analyzing the Western Indian Ocean over an extended period of time, this exceptional volume draws together the regional histories of commerce, law and empire.

Product details

• Authors: Fahad Bishara, Fahad Ahmad Bishara, Fahad Ahmad (University of Virginia) Bishara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107155657
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15565-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Asian Connections; Asian Connections
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Legal History, Asian History, Indian Ocean, C 1700 To C 1800