Description: Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Integration of an East African Commercial Empire into the World Economy, 1770?1873 Author(s): Abdul Sheriff Format: Paperback Publisher: Ohio University Press, United States Imprint: Ohio University Press ISBN-13: 9780821408728, 978-0821408728 Synopsis The rise of Zanzibar was based on two major economic transformations. Firstly slaves became used for producing cloves and grains for export. Previously the slaves themselves were exported. Secondly, there was an increased international demand for luxuries such as ivory. At the same time the price of imported manufactured gods was falling. Zanzibar took advantage of its strategic position to trade as far as the Great Lakes. However this very economic success increasingly subordinated Zanzibar to Britain, with its anti-slavery crusade and its control over the Indian merchant class. Professor Sheriff analyses the early stages of the underdevelopment of East Africa and provides a corrective to the dominance of political and diplomatic factors in the history of the area.
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Book Title: Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar
Number of Pages: 317 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar: Integration of an East African Commercial Empire into the World Economy, 1770-1873
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication Year: 1987
Subject: Economics, History
Item Height: 216 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Abdul Sheriff
Series: Eastern African Studies
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
