Introduction: Facing the Land, Facing the Sea
1. Making a Region Between the Sea and the Mountain: Na'ib Autonomy
and Dominance, to the 1850s
2. On Camels and Boats: Spaces, Structures and Circuits of
Production and Exchange
3. Connecting Sea and Land: Merchants, Brokers, and the Anatomy of
a Red Sea Port Town
4. "A Sacred Muslim Island": Sufis, Holy Men, and Town Islam in
Massawa and the Interior
5. "Being Massawan": Citizenship, Family, and Urban Authority
Conclusion
Notes
Sources
Index
Exploring the dynamic development of a Red Sea port town
Jonathan Miran is Assistant Professor of Islamic Civilization in the Department of Liberal Studies at Western Washington University.
"This well-designed and exquisitely documented book conceptualizes historically the position, identity, and roles of a Northeast African urban community." Jay Spaulding, Kean University "Focuses careful attention on both micro- and macro-processes of change in the political, economic, and socio-cultural spheres in the Red Sea town of Massawa." Lee Cassanelli, University of Pennsylvania "The 'global cities' of the 19th century are increasingly coming to the attention of historians of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Jonathan Miran's study of Massawa on the Red Sea coast is a clear example of this orientation and a benchmark to which future studies will have to refer." oIntl. Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 42.4, 2010
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