Amity, Commerce, and Compromise: Americans, Indians, and the Evolution of Trade on Zanzibar and across the Western Indian Ocean, 1825–1861
Contenu
- Titre
- Amity, Commerce, and Compromise: Americans, Indians, and the Evolution of Trade on Zanzibar and across the Western Indian Ocean, 1825–1861
- Créateur
- Morrison, Joshua S. C. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2024
- Dans
- Journal of World History Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
- During the early nineteenth century, the Omani outpost of Zanzibar emerged as a leading marketplace in the Western Indian Ocean. The island's economic expansion depended heavily on a community of well-connected Indian merchants. The port's rising fortunes also attracted traders from farther afield. By 1826, American merchants had reached the island. Although Americans had decades of experience in the region, they struggled to turn a profit on Zanzibar. Over time, American traders realized that commercial success depended on a strong relationship with the island's Indian community. By the 1840s, the American consul, Richard Waters, and Zanzibar's custom master, Jairam Shivji, had formed a lucrative arrangement exchanging commodities. Waters, Shivji, and their peers developed a commercial framework that melded key precepts of Indian Ocean trade with their Atlantic equivalents. Aided by bilingual commodity contracts, trade between the United States and Zanzibar flourished. In time, the island served as a crucial springboard for American ventures to India. With the help of Parsi firms, Waters and his successors incorporated Bombay into their trade routes. In turn, the city's economic expansion reshaped trade in East Africa. By the American Civil War, commercial intelligence and British credit from Bombay contributed to Americans' success on Zanzibar.
- Sujet
- Zanzibar -- Commerce -- 19e siècle Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Langue
- eng
- volume
- 35
- numéro
- 2
- pages
- 199-227
- issn
- 1527-8050
- Titre abrégé
- Amity, Commerce, and Compromise
Morrison, Joshua S. C., “Amity, Commerce, and Compromise: Americans, Indians, and the Evolution of Trade on Zanzibar and across the Western Indian Ocean, 1825–1861”, 2024, bibliographie, consulté le 21 décembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23926
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