Knowledge and the Indian Ocean : Intangible Networks of Western India and Beyond /: Intangible Networks of Western India and Beyond. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sara Keller.
• Editors: Keller, Sara
• Contents: 1. Introduction.- I. Knowledge, Science and Techniques.- 2. Places We Can Go: Some notes on sea/knowledge.-3. Knowing the Sea: Thalassographies to Thalassology of the Indian Ocean (up to c. 1500 CE).- 4. A Chinese Muse in the Caliph's Court - The Influence of Chinese Ceramic Technology across the Indian Ocean (8th to 14th Century CE).- 5. Ava: A Living Tradition of Reverence for Water among the Zoroastrians.- 6. Scholars in Gujarat's Bazaars—RevisitingL'académie ambulante ("The Roving Academy").- 7. Gujarat Ornamental Furniture: Artisans, Techniques, Skills and Global Markets during the Nineteenth Century.- 8. 'Without a Counterpart on the Globe": Geographical Knowledge and the Mapping of "Kutch" in the Nineteenth Century.- II. Skill, Migration and Identities.- 9. Gujarat Sufis, "Sants" and the Indian Ocean World in Medieval Times.- 10. Doing Well but also Doing Good? East African Indian Merchants and Their Charitable Work, c. 1850–1920.- 11. Narratives of Transcendental Decision-Making: Seeking Health and Healing at Sufi Shrines in Gujarat.- 12. Voices of the Sidis: The Tradition of the Fakirs.- 13. Linguistic and Cultural Contributions of Gujarat in Eastern Africa.- 14. The Transnational Life and Political Philosophy of Shyamji Krishnavarma.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (266 pages)
• Subjects: History; History -- Asia -- General; History -- Africa -- General; History -- Social History; Asian history; African history; Social & cultural history; World history; Asia-History; Africa-History; Social history; Civilization-History; History -- World; General & world history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319968391
• Related ISBNs: 9783319968384
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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