The rise of a commercial empire : an aspect of the economic history of Zanzibar, 1770-1873

The development of Zanzibar as an entrepot and capital of a vast commercial empire has previously been attributed entirely to the far-sighted policies of Seyyid Said. A re-examination of the economic history of East Africa reveals that economic expansion from the eighteenth century resulted from eco...

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Main Author: Sheriff, Abdul Mohamed Hussein
Published: SOAS, University of London 1971
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758841