Shipped But Not Sold: Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade During Yemen's Age of Coffee

by Nancy Um

Book Overview

In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both luxury and mundane. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merchants transported to and from Yemen and examines the cargo holds of their boats to reveal the goods held within. They included eastern spices and aromatics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824893921
• ISBN13: 9780824893927
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"