Horton, Mark <br/><br/>
The Swahili :  the social landscape of a mercantile society / 
M ark Horton and John Middleton. 
 - Oxford, UK ;   Malden, Mass. :  Blackwell Publishers,   2000. 
 - 282 p. :  ill., maps ;   24 cm. 
 - The peoples of Africa .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-273) and index. 
<br/><br/>The Swahili Coast -- Origins -- The acceptance of Islam -- The Swahi li Coast and the Indian Ocean world -- The trading system of the Swahil i Coast -- The urban landscape -- The social networks -- Governance -- Knowledge, purity, and power -- Constructing the mercantile landscape. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780631189190 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00-009633 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Swahili-speaking peoples-- History.<br/>Swahili-speaking peoples-- Commerce.<br/>Swahili-speaking peoples-- Social life and customs.<br/>Merchants-- History.--Africa, East<br/>Muslims-- history.--Africa, East<br/>Mercantile system-- History.--Africa, East
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, East-- Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>967.6