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ISBN: 0203040317 1283885360 1136201750 9781136201752 0710309392 9780710309396 9780203040317 9781136201820 9781136201899 9780415549868 1136201823 Year: 2005 Publisher: London New York Abingdon, U.K. New York Kegan Paul Distributed by Marston Book Services Distributed by Columbia University Press
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This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring. In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive field research in which the voices of seamen were recorded in over 200 interviews. The book provides an integrated study of dhow activity in the area concerned and examines the consciousness of belonging to the wider culture of the Indian ocean as it is expressed in boat-building traditions, navi
Dhows --- Seafaring life --- Sailors' life --- Sea life --- Adventure and adventurers --- Manners and customs --- Voyages and travels --- Lateens --- Boats and boating --- Sailing ships --- History. --- Persian Gulf Region --- Oman --- Sultanate of Oman --- ʻUmān (Sultanate) --- Salṭanat ʻUmān --- Muscat --- Mascate --- عمان --- سلطنة عُمان --- オマーン --- オーマン --- Muscat and Oman --- Social conditions.
ISBN: 0852554869 0852554850 0821415573 0821415581 Year: 2004 Publisher: s.l. Ohio university press
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Dhows --- Coastwise shipping --- Boutres --- Transports maritimes côtiers --- History --- Histoire --- Zanzibar --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Transports maritimes côtiers --- Conditions économiques --- Shipping --- Lateens --- Boats and boating --- Sailing ships --- Marine shipping --- Marine transportation --- Maritime shipping --- Ocean --- Ocean traffic --- Ocean transportation --- Sea transportation --- Shipping industry --- Water transportation --- Communication and traffic --- Marine service --- Transportation --- Merchant marine --- Economic aspects --- Indian Ocean Region --- Indian Ocean Rim countries --- Zanzibar Protectorate --- Zanzibar Executive --- Zanguebar --- Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar --- SMZ --- S.M.Z. --- Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar --- Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar --- Zanjibār --- Zanzibar (Tanzania) --- Zengibar --- Tanzania --- Commerce --- History. --- Economic conditions. --- Foreign relations.
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