On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa

Name: On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa
Rating: 4.07
ISBN: 9781107611788

ISBN: 9781107611788 出版年：2009 页码：498 Lydon Cambridge University Press

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1. Making history across the African divide 2. Trans-Saharan trade in the longue duree 3. Markets and the movement of caravans: nineteenth-century developments 4. Guelmim and the Wad Nun 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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Eric J. Arnould

I wish I had the linguistic skills to write a similar book about the central Saharan trade, as Ms. Lydon does a great service in opening up the history of trade in the western side of the Sahara. Fascinating for the specialist and even for the casual reader of African history. A boost to what Eric Wolf famously called The People without History.

M. Walbrecht

This is a fabulous look into an area that not a lot has been written about before! I especially like the fact that the role of women is discussed in detail. I highly recommend this book.

acryd

Was ok book I got for school. Helpful but not an interesting read

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