000921727 000__ 02398cam\a2200409\i\4500 000921727 001__ 921727 000921727 005__ 20210515190051.0 000921727 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000921727 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000921727 008__ 200122r20202019enkab\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000921727 020__ $$a9780190099633 $$q(electronic book) 000921727 035__ $$a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002171976 000921727 040__ $$aStDuBDS$$beng$$cStDuBDS$$erda$$epn 000921727 050_4 $$aDT469.C7 000921727 08204 $$a969.4$$223 000921727 1001_ $$aWalker, Iain$$q(Iain Bruce),$$eauthor. 000921727 24510 $$aIslands in a cosmopolitan sea :$$ba history of the Comoros /$$cIain Walker. 000921727 264_1 $$aLondon :$$bHurst & Company,$$c2020. 000921727 300__ $$a1 online resource :$$billustrations, maps. 000921727 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000921727 336__ $$astill image$$2rdacontent 000921727 336__ $$acartographic image$$2rdacontent 000921727 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000921727 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000921727 4901_ $$aOxford scholarship online 000921727 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000921727 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000921727 5208_ $$aMany people today have never heard of the Comoros, but these islands were once part of a prosperous regional trading economy that stretched halfway around the world. A key node in the trading networks of the Indian Ocean, the Comoros prospered by exchanging slaves & commodities with Arab & Indian merchants. By the 16th century, the archipelago served as an important supply point on the route from Europe to Asia. The 20th century brought the establishment of French colonial rule & a plantation economy. Today, the island nation suffers chronic mismanagement & relies on remittances from a diaspora community in France. Iain Walker traces the history & unique culture of these enigmatic islands, from their first settlement by Africans, Arabs and Austronesians, through their heyday within the greater Swahili world, to their decline as a forgotten outpost of the French colonial empire. 000921727 521__ $$aSpecialized. 000921727 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 22, 2020). 000921727 651_0 $$aComoros$$xHistory. 000921727 651_0 $$aIslands of the Indian Ocean$$xHistory. 000921727 77608 $$iPrint version: $$z9780190071301 000921727 830_0 $$aOxford scholarship online. 000921727 85280 $$bebk$$hOxford Scholarship Online 000921727 85640 $$3Oxford scholarship online$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190071301.001.0001$$zOnline Access 000921727 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:921727$$pGLOBAL_SET 000921727 980__ $$aEBOOK 000921727 980__ $$aBIB 000921727 982__ $$aEbook 000921727 983__ $$aOnline