Connectivity in Motion

Connectivity in Motion

Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World

Alpers, Edward A.; Schnepel, Burkhard

Springer International Publishing AG

08/2018

452

Mole

Inglês

9783319866871

15 a 20 dias

623

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I. Themes.- 1. "Connectivity in Motion": Island Hubs in the Indian Ocean World.- 2. Islands Connect: People, Things and Ideas among the Small Islands of the Western Indian Ocean.- 3. Small Island Hubs and Connectivity in the Indian Ocean World: Some Concepts and Hypotheses from Historical Anthropology.- 4. Displaced Passengers: States, Movements and Disappearances in the Indian Ocean.- II. Case Studies.- 5. The Role of Kilwa in the Trade of the Western Indian Ocean.- 6. Zanzibar, the Indian Ocean and Nineteenth-Century Global Interface.- 7. Ali Mfaume: A Comorian Hub in the Western Indian Ocean.- 8. Multifaceted Identities, Multiple Dwellings: Connectivity and Flexible Household Configurations in Zanzibar Town.- 9. A Hub of "Local Cosmopolitans": Migration and Settlement in Early Eighteenth- to Nineteenth-Century Port Louis.- 10. The Making of a Hub Society: Mauritius' Path from Port of Call to Cyber Island.- 11. Dis/Entangled Hubs: Connectivity and Disconnections in the Chagos Archipelago.- 12. Big Men Politics and Insularity in the Maldivian World of Islands.- 13. Considering the Island Capital Male' as a Hub for Health-Related Mobilities.- 14. From Salsette to Socotra: Islands across the Seas and Implications for Heritage.- 15. Serendipitous Connections: The Chinese Engagements with Sri Lanka.- 16. Changing Connectivity in a World of Small Islands: The Role of Makassar (Sulawesi) as a Hub Under Dutch Hegemony.- 17. Ambon, a Spicy Hub: Connectivity at the Fringe of the Indian Ocean.
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Indian Ocean islands;Indian Ocean world;Comparative Ethnography;Island Studies;Indian Ocean history;island hubs;Western Indian Ocean history;Connectivity;the island factor;pre-colonial Indian Ocean world;history of maritime trade;subnational island jurisdictions;history of Kilwa trade;Zanzibar consumer culture;Comoros diaspora;Chagos archipelago;Big Men politics;Maldives healthcare;Ambon spice trade;area studies