Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Maps, Graphs and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Currency and Weights
- Introduction: The Commercial Empire
- One The Rise of a Compradorial State
- Two The Transformation of the Slave Sector
- Three Commercial Expansion and the Rise of the Merchant Class
- Four The Structure of the Commercial Empire
- Five The Hinterland of Zanzibar
- Six The Empire Undermined
- Conclusion
- A Bombay trade with East Africa, 1801/2-1869/70
- B Prices of ivory and merekani sheeting, 1802/3-1873/74
- C Ivory imports into the United Kingdom, 1792-1875
- Sources
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Maps, Graphs and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Currency and Weights
- Introduction: The Commercial Empire
- One The Rise of a Compradorial State
- Two The Transformation of the Slave Sector
- Three Commercial Expansion and the Rise of the Merchant Class
- Four The Structure of the Commercial Empire
- Five The Hinterland of Zanzibar
- Six The Empire Undermined
- Conclusion
- A Bombay trade with East Africa, 1801/2-1869/70
- B Prices of ivory and merekani sheeting, 1802/3-1873/74
- C Ivory imports into the United Kingdom, 1792-1875
- Sources
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Slaves, Spices and Ivory in ZanzibarIntegration of an East African Commercial Empire into the World Economy, 1770-1873, pp. v - viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 1987