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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aUm, Nancy
_eautore
245 1 0 _aShipped but Not Sold :
_bMaterial Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade during Yemen's Age of Coffee /
_cNancy Um; ed. by Anand A. Yang, Kieko Matteson.
264 1 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawaii Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.) :
_b11 color, 12 b&w illustrations, 2 maps
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aPerspectives on the Global Past
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tList of Illustrations --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNote on Spelling, Conventions, and Dates --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_t1. Rites of Entry at the Maritime Threshold --
_t2. European Merchant Tribute in Yemen --
_t3. Merchants from India and Their Gift Practices in Yemen --
_t4. Everyday Objects and Tools of the Trade --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both luxury and mundane. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merchants transported to and from Yemen and examines the cargo holds of their boats to reveal the goods held within. They included eastern spices and aromatics, porcelain cups and saucers with decorations in gold from Asia, bales of coffee grown in the mountains of Yemen, Arabian horses, and a wide variety of cotton, silk, velvet, and woolen cloth from India, China, Persia, and Europe; in addition to ordinary provisions, such as food, beer, medicine, furniture, pens, paper, and wax candles. As featured in the copious records of the Dutch and English East India Companies, as well as in travel accounts and local records in Arabic, these varied goods were not just commodities intended for sale in the marketplace. Horses and textile banners were mobilized and displayed in the highly visible ceremonies staged at the Red Sea port of Mocha when new arrivals appeared from overseas at the beginning of each trade season. Coffee and aromatics were served and offered in imported porcelain and silver wares during negotiations that took place in the houses of merchants and officials. Major traders bestowed sacks of spices and lavish imported textiles as gifts to provincial governors and Yemen's imam in order to sustain their considerable trading privileges. European merchants who longed for the distant comforts of home carried tables and chairs, along with abundant supplies of wine and spirits for their own use and, in some cases, further distribution in Yemen's ports and emporia. These diverse items were offered, displayed, exchanged, consumed, or utilized by major international merchants and local trade officials in a number of socially exclusive practices that affirmed their identity, status, and commercial obligations, but also sustained the livelihood of their business ventures. Shipped but Not Sold posits a key role for these socially significant material objects (many of which were dispatched across oceans but not intended only for sale on the open market) as important signs, tools, and attributes in the vibrant world of a rapidly transforming Indian Ocean trading society.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aCeremonial exchange
_zYemen (Republic)
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aMerchants
_zYemen (Republic)
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Asia / General.
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700 1 _aMatteson, Kieko
_ecuratore
700 1 _aYang, Anand A.
_ecuratore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780824866433?locatt=mode:legacy
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