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Red Sea citizens : cosmopolitan society and cultural change in Massawa
- Title
- Red Sea citizens : cosmopolitan society and cultural change in Massawa / Jonathan Miran.
- Author
- Miran, Jonathan.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 380 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Facing the land, facing the sea -- Making a region between the sea and the mountain: Nāʼib autonomy and dominance, to the 1850s -- On camels and boats: spaces, structures, and circuits of production and exchange -- Connecting sea and land: merchants, brokers, and the anatomy of a Red Sea port town -- "A sacred Muslim island": Sufis, holy men, and town Islam in Massawa and the interior -- "Being Massawan": citizenship, family, and urban authority -- Conclusion: constructing and deconstructing a Red Sea Society.
- Call Number
- Sc E 09-1003
- ISBN
- 9780253353122 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0253353122 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780253220790 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0253220793 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008049093
- OCLC
- 261176958
- Author
- Miran, Jonathan.
- Title
- Red Sea citizens : cosmopolitan society and cultural change in Massawa / Jonathan Miran.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 09-1003