Zanzibar: Imperialism, Proto-Globalization, and a Nineteenth Century Indian Ocean Boom Town
In: innsbruck university pressOpenAIRE; (2016-09-29)
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- 123-139
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Introduction Zanzibar feels ancient. The Stone Town, as the older part of the city has come to be called, feels truly ancient. Its Swahili name, Mji Mkongwe, means roughly the “aged town”. Tourist literature treats the city as if it were a survivor of the medieval tradition of urbanism on the Swahili coast. The Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and UNESCO’s official description of the city, while noting that its most recent architectural development began in the late nineteenth cent...
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Zanzibar: Imperialism, Proto-Globalization, and a Nineteenth Century Indian Ocean Boom Town
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gilbert, Erik |
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Quelle: | innsbruck university pressOpenAIRE; (2016-09-29) |
Veröffentlichung: | innsbruck university press, 2016-09-29., 2016 |
Medientyp: | E-Book |
Umfang: | 123-139 |
ISBN: | 978-3-903122-23-9 (print) ; 978-3-902811-96-7 (print) |
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