02573cam a2200313 i 4500 21209503 20240709151131.0 190918s2019 ohua b 001 0 eng 2019040671 9780821424025 9780821446935 DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc i------ HD 9678 .P42 2019 338.3/724091824 23 Pearls, people, and power : pearling and Indian Ocean worlds / edited by Pedro Machado, Steve Mullins, and Joseph Christensen. x, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Indian Ocean studies series Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-411) and index. "Pearls, People, and Power is the first book to examine the trade, distribution, production, and consumption of pearls and mother-of-pearl in the global Indian Ocean over more than five centuries. While scholars have long recognized the importance of pearling to the social, cultural, and economic practices of both coastal and inland areas, the overwhelming majority have confined themselves to highly localized or at best regional studies of the pearl trade. By contrast, this book stresses how pearling and the exchange in pearl shell were interconnected processes that brought the ports, islands, and coasts into close relation with one another, creating dense networks of connectivity that were not necessarily circumscribed by local, regional, or indeed national frames. Essays from a variety of disciplines address the role of slaves and indentured workers in maritime labor arrangements, systems of bondage and transoceanic migration, the impact of European imperialism on regional and local communities, commodity flows and networks of exchange, and patterns of marine resource exploitation between the Industrial Revolution and Great Depression. By encompassing the geographical, cultural, and thematic diversity of Indian Ocean pearling, Pearls, People, and Power deepens our appreciation of the underlying historical dynamics of the many worlds of the Indian Ocean"-- Pearl industry and trade Indian Ocean Region History. Machado, Pedro, 1970- editor. Mullins, Steve, 1952- editor. Christensen, Joseph (Postdoctoral Fellow), editor. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOKS HD 9678 .P42 2019 32064 32064 0 0 lcc 0 0 MUC MUC GEN 2024-06-24 Docurab books limited 0 HD 9678 .P42 2019 39881 2024-07-09 2024-07-09 BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 MUC MUC GEN 2024-06-24 Docuran books limited 0 HD 9678 .P42 2019 39882 2024-07-09 2024-07-09 BOOKS