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Buying time : debt and mobility in the western Indian Ocean / Thomas F. McDow

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McDow, Thomas F., 1970-
Published
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]
Physical Description
xiii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contents
Introduction: Buying time -- Drought and new mobilities in the Omani interior -- The customs masters and customs of credit in Zanzibar -- Sultans at sea : mobility and the Omani states -- Halwa and identity in the western Indian Ocean world -- Tippu Tip's kin, from Oman to the eastern Congo -- Freed slaves : manumission and mobility before 1873 -- Acts for consuls and consular acts : documents, manumission, and ocean travel after 1873 -- A dhow on Lake Victoria -- "Everything is pledged to its time" : Salih bin Ali, debt, and rebellion in the Omani interior -- Epilogue.
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ISBN
9780821422816 (hc ; alk. paper)
0821422812
9780821422823 (pb ; alk. paper)
0821422820
0821446096
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index.
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