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Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970: 1860-1970

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Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970: 1860-1970 - Gilbert, Erik
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Conventional history assumes that the rise of the steamship trade killed off the Indian Ocean dhow trade in the twentieth century. Erik Gilbert argues that the dhow economy played a major role in shaping the economic and social life of colonial Zanzibar.

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Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970: 1860-1970 2005, Ohio University Press, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780821415580

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