A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780-1950

by Fahad Ahmad Bishara

Book Overview

In this innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, Bishara examines the transformations of Islamic law and Islamicate commercial practices during the emergence of modern capitalism in the region. In this time of expanding commercial activity, a m lange of Arab, Indian, Swahili and Baloch merchants, planters, jurists, judges, soldiers and seamen forged the frontiers of a shared world. The interlinked worlds of trade and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316609375
• ISBN13: 9781316609378
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"