{"product_id":"9783319338217","title":"Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEarly Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGwyn Campbell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume comprises a selection of  essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines that discuss the exchange  relationship between Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world (IOW), a  macro-region running from East Africa to China, from early times to about 1300  CE. The rationale for regarding this macro-region as a “world” is the central  significance of the monsoon system which facilitated the early emergence of  long-distance trans-IOW maritime exchange of commodities, peoples, plants,  animals, technologies and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGwyn Campbell is a Canada Research Chair, and Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre, at McGill University, Canada. He has published widely on Indian Ocean world themes, including \u003ci\u003eAn Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895 \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and \u003ci\u003eDavid Griffiths and the Missionary \"History of Madagascar\"\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). He is currently completing a manuscript on Africa and the Indian Ocean world from early times to 1900. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 December 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319338217\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e378\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51691508760716,"sku":"9783319338217","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319338217.jpg?v=1785322534","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319338217","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}