Overview
- Expands the scope of Indian Ocean studies with a uniquely broad geographical frame
- Applies the concept of connectivity to the role of islands in the Indian Ocean world
- Employs a deeply interdisciplinary approach, drawing upon history, anthropology, and ethnography
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies (IOWS)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
Keywords
- Indian Ocean islands
- Indian Ocean world
- Comparative Ethnography
- Island Studies
- Indian Ocean history
- island hubs
- Western Indian Ocean history
- Connectivity
- the island factor
- pre-colonial Indian Ocean world
- history of maritime trade
- subnational island jurisdictions
- history of Kilwa trade
- Zanzibar consumer culture
- Comoros diaspora
- Chagos archipelago
- Big Men politics
- Maldives healthcare
- Ambon spice trade
- area studies
About this book
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Edward A. Alpers is Research Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Connectivity in Motion
Book Subtitle: Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World
Editors: Burkhard Schnepel, Edward A. Alpers
Series Title: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59725-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59724-9Published: 16 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86687-1Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59725-6Published: 30 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2730-9703
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9711
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 452
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Cultural History, Social History, Area Studies, Ethnography, Human Geography