{"product_id":"zanzibar-under-colonial-rule-abdul-sheriff-9780821409954","title":"Zanzibar Under Colonial Rule","description":"\u003cp\u003eZanzibar stands at the center of the Indian Ocean system's involvement in the history of Eastern Africa. This book follows on from the period covered in Abdul Sheriff's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSlaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first part of the book shows the transition of Zanzibar from the commercial economy of the nineteenth century to the colonial economy of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors begin with the abolition of the slave trade in 1873 that started the process of transformation. They show the transition from slavery to colonial \"free\" labor, the creation of the capitalist economy, and the resulting social contradictions. They take the history up to formal independence in 1963 with a postscript on the 1964 insurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second part the authors analyze social classes. The landlords and the merchants were dominant in the commercial empire of the nineteenth century and had difficulties in adjusting to the colonial condition. At the same time the development of capitalist farmers and a fully proletarianized working class was hindered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conservative administration could not resolve the contradictions of colonial capitalism, and the formation of a united nationalist movement was hampered. This period culminated in the insurrection of 1964, but the revolution could not be consummated without mature revolutionary classes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdul Sheriff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821409956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821409954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.71h x 5.62w x 0.99d","brand":"Abdul Sheriff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44227546841343,"sku":"9780821409954","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7091fb0-0934-4230-ac20-ecdc5562dbee.jpg?v=1692809280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zanzibar-under-colonial-rule-abdul-sheriff-9780821409954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}