Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction: Locating Coastal East Africa
Chapter 2. The Swahili Coast in the Afrasian Sea
Chapter 3. The Swahili Coast and the Interior
Chapter 4. East Africa in the World-Economy
Chapter 5. The Portuguese on the Coast
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Notes
Index

About the Author

Michael N. Pearson is adjunct professor of history at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia.

Reviews

"Michael N. Pearson has long been active in his field and, with 'Port Cities and Intruders', he seeks to open new territory by locating the Swahili Coast in both the 'world' of the Indian Ocean and the larger world, from roughly the fifteenth to the early eighteenth centuries. He provides us with a fascinating collection of anecdotes, data and quotations. We travel with him through a range of debates about world systems, littoral societies [and] the meaning of world history."--'Times Literary Supplement' "A deeply researched, attractively presented, and question-raising book."--'Choice'