Interweaving threads of credit and debt
Trading (through) textiles in colonial Dar es Salaam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8418375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Brühwiler (University of Basel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 474-491 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2017.1325466 |
| OpenAlex | W2619669706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 29 |
Tracing the modus operandi of textile traders in colonial Dar es Salaam, this article makes a case for viewing the availability and extension of credit in the form of textiles as a central aspect of traders’ lives. The versatility of textiles in the local context of Dar es Salaam not only contributed to their high demand, their use as the main medium of exchange and the basis on which credit was extended; it also shaped the local conceptualisation of entrepreneurship. For textile traders in colonial Dar es Salaam, it was of economic, social and cultural importance to always be both in debt and have others in debt to them
Archaeology · Business · Colonialism · Commerce · Context (archaeology · Dar es salaam · Debt · Economics · Economy · Entrepreneurship · Political science · Tanzania · Textile · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Finance · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |