{"product_id":"inland-from-mombasa-david-p-bresnahan-9780520400481","title":"Inland from Mombasa: East Africa and the Making of the Indian Ocean World","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past few decades, scholars have traced how Indian Ocean merchants forged transregional networks into a world of global connections. East Africa's crucial role in this Indian Ocean world has primarily been understood through the influence of coastal trading centers like Mombasa. In \u003ci\u003eInland from Mombasa\u003c\/i\u003e, David P. Bresnahan looks anew at this Swahili port city from the vantage point of the communities that lived on its rural edges. By reconstructing the deep history of these Mijikenda-speaking societies over the past two millennia, he shows how profoundly they influenced global trade even as they rejected many of the cosmopolitan practices that historians have claimed are critical to creating global connections, choosing smaller communities over urbanism, local ritual practices over Islam, and inland trade over maritime commerce. \u003ci\u003eInland from Mombasa \u003c\/i\u003emakes the compelling case that the seemingly isolating alternative social pursuits selected by Mijikenda speakers were in fact key to their active role in global commerce and politics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David P. Bresnahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520400488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520400481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"David P. Bresnahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898731028735,"sku":"9780520400481","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e89fae02-fb02-4679-b23b-2837e548956a.jpg?v=1721376966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inland-from-mombasa-david-p-bresnahan-9780520400481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}