Shipped But Not Sold - Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade During Yemen's Age of Coffee

In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both luxury and mundane. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merchants transported to and from Yemen and examines the cargo holds of their boats to reveal the goods held within.

About the author

Nancy Um is associate professor in the Department of Art History at Binghamton University.

Summary

In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both luxury and mundane. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merchants transported to and from Yemen and examines the cargo holds of their boats to reveal the goods held within.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Um
• Assisted by: Kieko Matteson (Editor), Anand A Yang (Editor), Anand A. Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780824866402
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-6640-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Perspectives on the Global Pas; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Pas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries