On Trans-Saharan Trails - Islamic Law, Trade Networks, Cross Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth

Informationen zum Autor Dr Ghislaine Lydon is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. The author of several articles on West Africa, she has done extensive fieldwork in both West and North Africa and archival work in France. Klappentext This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. Zusammenfassung This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade network system based on a case study of 'Berber' traders from the Wad Nun region! who specialized in outfitting camel caravans in the nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Making history across the African divide; 2. Trans-Saharan trade in the longue durée; 3. Markets and the movement of caravans: nineteenth-century developments; 4. Guelm¿m and the W¿d N¿n traders; 5. The organization of caravan trade; 6. Business practice and legal culture in a paper economy of faith; 7. Trade networks and the limits of cooperative behavior; 8. On trans-Saharan trails.

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• Authors: Ghislaine Lydon, Ghislaine (University of California Lydon, Lydon Ghislaine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521887243
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88724-3
• No. of pages: 498
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Islam, TRANSPORTATION / General, HISTORY / Africa / West, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, International Economics, Legal History, Social and cultural history, African History, West Africa, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, International trade and commerce