A Sea of Wealth
The Omani Empire and the Making of an Oceanic Marketplace
Seiten
2025
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41578-2 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41578-2 (ISBN)
A Sea of Wealth is a sweeping retelling of the Omani position in the Indian Ocean. Here the reign of Oman’s longest-serving ruler, Saʿid bin Sultan, offers a keyhole through which we can peer to see the entangled histories of Arabia and the Gulf, South Asia, and East Africa in the Omani Empire. In centering this empire, Nicholas P. Roberts shows how Arabs, Africans, and Asians actively shaped the conditions of commercial engagement in the Western Indian Ocean, uniting the empire’s domains into a single oceanic marketplace in which Europeans and Americans had to accede if they wished to succeed. Drawing upon sources in three languages from four continents, A Sea of Wealth is a vivid narrative full of colorful characters that upturns many conventional understandings of our modern world.
Nicholas P. Roberts was formerly Assistant Professor of History at Norwich University and the Howell Fellow for Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies at the University of Virginia. He is currently earning a JD at Case Western Reserve University.
Contents
Note on Spelling
Acknowledgments
Maps
Prelude
1. Writing Omani History
2. The Emergence of Empire
3. Contesting the Gulf
4. Moving to Zanzibar
5. Politics of the Marketplace
6. Enslavement and Human Trafficking
7. The Omani Empire in World History
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | California World History Library ; 33 |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 b-w |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-41578-7 / 0520415787 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-41578-2 / 9780520415782 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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