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Informationen zum Autor Chapurukha Kusimba is professor of anthropology at American University. Tiequan Zhu is professor of scientific archaeology at Sun Yat-Sen University. Purity Kiura is director of museums, sites, and monuments at The National Museums of Kenya Klappentext This book engages globalization from an archaeological and long-term perspective by using the case study of the historical interaction between China and East Africa. It raises questions of whether the greater connectivity that has emerged from globalization will lead to homogenization of culture, or the creation of a monoculture. Zusammenfassung This book engages globalization from an archaeological and long-term perspective by using the case study of the historical interaction between China and East Africa. It raises questions of whether the greater connectivity that has emerged from globalization will lead to homogenization of culture, or the creation of a monoculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: China and East Africa Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows. Chapurukha Kusimba Part I: Ancient Ties Chapter 1: The Emergence of Stone Tool Technology: A Comparative Study between Some Early Stone Age Assemblages in East Africa and China Louis De Weyer Chapter 2: Tracing Prehistoric Trade and Economic Links between the East African Coast and East Asia Emmanuel K Ndiema Chapter 3: Ancient Connections between China and East Africa Chapurukha Kusimba Chapter 4: The Biological and Cultural Identity of The Early Swahili Peoples of Coastal Kenya Janet Monge, Allan Morris, Sloan Williams and Chapurukha Kusimba Chapter 5: Incipient Globalization in First Millennium CE China and East Africa and China Herman Kiriama Chapter 6: Siyu Intertwined Exchange Networks from the Early Beginnings to the 15th Century Ibrahim Busolo Namunaba Chapter 7: Unravelling the Links between the Tanzania's Coast and Ancient China Elgidius Ichumbaki Chapter 8: Chinese Porcelain as Proxy for Understanding Early Globalization Between China and Eastern Africa Tiequan Zhu and Chapurukha Kusimba Chapter 9: The Sources of East African Chinese Longquan Celadon and Imitation Celadon Min Wang, Tiequan Zhu, Khalfan Bini Ahmed and Chapurukha Kusimba Chapter 10: The Consumption of Glass Beads in Ancient Swahili East Africa Laure Dussubieux, Gilbert Oteyo and Chapurukha Kusimba Part II: Contemporary Flows Chapter 11: Six Hundred Years of Harmony: Comparing Zheng He's West Ocean Navigation with China's African Policy Li Xinfeng Chapter 12: Impacts of Chinese Influence in Contemporary East Africa Angela Kabiru Chapter 13: Becoming Mitumba: Transnational Secondhand Clothing Trade between China and Kenya Boyang Ma Chapter 14: The Potentials, Opportunities and Challenges of Underwater Cultural Heritage for Understanding Early Global Networks Caesar Bita Chapter 15: Opportunities and Challenges of Preserving Cultural Relics in a Globalized World Zhan Changfa Chapter 16: China and East Africa Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows. A Critical Appraisal Augustin F.C. Holl...
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Edited by Chapurukha M. Kusimba; Tiequan Zhu and Purity Wakabari Kiura - Contributions by Louis De Weyer; Emmanuel K. Ndiema; Janet Monge; Allan Morris; Herman Ogoti Kiriama; Ibrahim Busolo Namunaba; Elgidius Ichumbaki; Min Wang; Khalfan Bini Ahmed; Laure
