Navigating African maritime history / edited by Carina E. Ray and Jeremy Rich.
| Other author | Ray, Carina E. |
| Other author | Rich, Jeremy. |
| Other author | International Maritime Economic History Association. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2009. |
| Description | vi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Research in maritime history, 1188-3928 ; no. 41 Research in maritime history no. 41. ^A467684 |
| Contents | Introduction : charted routes and new directions in the study of Africa's maritime history / Carine E. Ray and Jeremy Rich -- Austronesian mariners and early trans-Indian Ocean crossings / Gwyn Campbell -- Eight hens per man per day : shipwreck survivors and pastoral abundance in southern Africa / Margaret Hanzimanolis -- State control and regulation of commerce on the waterways and coast of Senegambia, ca. 1500-1800 / Ousmane Traoré -- Swimming, surfing and underwater diving in early modern Atlantic Africa and the African diaspora / Kevin Dawson -- Rough sailing : risks and opportunities for immigrant African maritime workers in Gabon, ca. 1860-1914 / Jeremy Rich -- Desertion, dereliction and destitution : the travails of stranded West Afican seamen in the United Kingdon, ca. 1921-1934 / Ayodeji Olukoju -- 'The white wife problem' : sex, race and the contested politics of repatriation to interwar British West Africa / Carina E. Ray -- Sailing beyond apartheid : the social and political impact of seafaring on coloured South African sailors / Henry Trotter. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9780986497315 |
| ISBN | 0986497312 |