Editors:
- Presents the first truly comprehensive study of textile trades across the Indian Ocean
- Advances knowledge of textiles and trade in the region with a unique, expansive geographical and chronological focus
- Appeals to scholars of history, anthropology, art history, and geography, as well as archaeologists, curators, and collectors
Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies (IOWS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Regions of Production
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Front Matter
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Trade, Exchange and Networks of Distribution
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Front Matter
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Cultures of Consumption
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Consumer Culture
- Indian Ocean
- Textile Trade
- Indian Ocean Economy
- Indian Ocean Textiles
- Indian Economic History
- Indian Textiles
- South Asia History
- Indian Ocean Trade
- Indian Ocean History
- history of kanga
- Eritrean textile industry
- Southeast Asia textile history
- batik production history
- Oman textile history
- Madagascar textile production
- Zanzibar textile trade
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA
Pedro Machado
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Department of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Sarah Fee
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Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Gwyn Campbell
About the editors
Pedro Machado is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
Sarah Fee is a Curator of Eastern Hemisphere Textiles and Fashion at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
Gwyn Campbell is Professor of History and Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre at McGill University, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean
Book Subtitle: An Ocean of Cloth
Editors: Pedro Machado, Sarah Fee, Gwyn Campbell
Series Title: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58265-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58264-1Published: 20 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86363-4Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58265-8Published: 09 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2730-9703
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9711
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 426
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian History, Cultural History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Asian Culture