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Islands in a cosmopolitan sea : a history of the Comoros
- Title
- Islands in a cosmopolitan sea : a history of the Comoros / Iain Walker.
- Author
- Walker, Iain (Iain Bruce)
- Publication
- London : Hurst & Company, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Iain Walker traces the history and unique culture of these enigmatic islands, from their first settlement by Africans, Arabs and Austronesians, through their heyday within the greater Swahili world and their decline as a forgotten outpost of the French colonial empire, to their contemporary status as an independent state in the Indian Ocean"--
- Alternative Title
- History of the Comoros
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references, "suggestions for further reading" (pages 271-274) and index.
- Contents
- The context: social and geographical -- From the origins: archaeology and traditions -- Written history: the European encounter -- The nineteenth century: from sultanates to colonies -- Colonial neglect and the growth of political awareness -- Independence, revolution and mercenaries -- Federation, separatism and union -- The Comorian people.
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-789
- ISBN
- 9781787381469
- 1787381463
- OCLC
- 1055264647
- Author
- Walker, Iain (Iain Bruce), author.
- Title
- Islands in a cosmopolitan sea : a history of the Comoros / Iain Walker.
- Publisher
- London : Hurst & Company, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references, "suggestions for further reading" (pages 271-274) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-789