The Ivory Trade and Political Power in Nineteenth-Century East Africa

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Titre
The Ivory Trade and Political Power in Nineteenth-Century East Africa
Créateur
Gooding, Philip
Date
2020
Dans
Animal Trade Histories in the Indian Ocean World
Résumé
This chapter analyses ivory consumption and trade in the context of shifting political power in nineteenth-century East Africa. It firstly describes how increased demand for ivory and ivory products in the wider Indian Ocean World, Europe, and North America contributed to a decline in ivory’s ownership, usage, and display in East Africa. It then examines the nature and construction of Omani and coastal East African communities in East Africa’s interior to show how political power became increasingly tied to access and control the ivory trade. In nineteenth-century East Africa, ivory was transformed from a product with significant symbolic capital to one whose history was increasingly shaped by capitalistic forces.
Editeur
Springer International Publishing
Place
Cham
Langue
eng
pages
247-275
ISBN
978-3-030-42595-1

Gooding, Philip, “The Ivory Trade and Political Power in Nineteenth-Century East Africa”, Springer International Publishing, 2020, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23538

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