Title Port cities and intruders : the Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the early modern era / Michael N. Pearson

Published Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 23rd Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 23rd Contents Introduction: Locating coastal East Africa -- The Swahili coast in the Afrasian Sea -- The Swahili coast and the interior -- East Africa in the world-economy -- The Portuguese on the coast -- Conclusion Summary In Port Cities and Intruders, historian Michael Pearson explores the role of port cities and their orientation, relations between the coast and the interior, the place of the coast in the world economy, and the impact of the Portuguese in the early modern period.--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-195) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Port cities -- Africa, East -- History East Indians -- Africa, East -- History Portuguese -- Africa, East -- History Swahili-speaking peoples -- History HISTORY. East Indians Port cities Portuguese International relations Swahili-speaking peoples Geschichte Havensteden. Kolonisten. SUBJECT Africa, East -- History -- To 1886. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001595 Portugal -- Relations -- Africa, East Africa, East -- Relations -- Portugal Subject Africa, East Portugal Ostafrika Portugal Portugiesen. Inder. Swahili (Volk) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0801870283 9780801870286

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