Transregional Trade and Traders

Situating Gujarat in the Indian Ocean from Early Times to 1900

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9361925
EditoresEdward A Alpers, Chhaya Goswami (0000-0003-0949-4337)
Año2019
Páginas364
Fecha de publicación2019-05-02
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaTransregional Trade and Traders (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780199490684.001.0001
OpenAlexW4249446831
Open LibraryOL28919824M
ISBN9780199490684
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

Blessed with numerous safe harbours, accessible ports, and a rich hinterland, Gujarat has been central to the history of Indian Ocean maritime exchange that involved not only goods, but also people and ideas. This volume maps the trajectory of the extra-continental interactions of Gujarat and how it shaped the history of Indian Ocean. Chronologically, the volume spans two millennia, and geographically, it ranges from the Red Sea to Southeast Asia. The book focuses on specific groups of Gujarati traders, their accessibility and trading activities with maritime merchants from Africa, Arabia, Southeast Asia, China, and Europe. It not only analyses the complex process of commodity circulation, involving a host of players, huge investments, and numerous commercial operations, but also engages with questions of migration and diaspora. Paying close attention to current historiographical debates, the contributors make serious efforts to challenge the neat regional boundaries that are often drawn around the trading history of Gujarat

Ancient history · Archaeology · Business · China · Circulation (fluid dynamics · Commodity · Diaspora · Economics · Economy · Geography · Historiography · Indian ocean · Political science · Revenue · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Finance · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Oceanography · Commerçants · Commerce · Congrès · Congresses · Harbors · India · Merchants · Ports · Shipping