TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horton, Mark
AU  - Middleton, John,
TI  -  The Swahili: the social landscape of a mercantile society 
SN  - 9780631189190
U1  - 967.6 22
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Oxford, UK,  Malden, Mass.
PB  - Blackwell Publishers
KW  - Swahili-speaking peoples
KW  - History
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Africa, East
KW  - Muslims
KW  - history
KW  - Mercantile system
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-273) and index; 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
ER  -