Abraham's Luggage - A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (Hardcover)

From a single merchant's list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of medieval Indian Ocean exchanges. This fresh and innovative perspective on Jewish merchant activity shows how this list was a component of broader trade connections that developed between the Islamic Mediterranean and South Asia in the Middle Ages. Drawing on a close reading of this unique twelfth-century document, found in the Cairo Genizah and written in India by North African merchant Abraham Ben Yiju, Lambourn focuses on the domestic material culture and foods that structured the daily life of such India traders, on land and at sea. This is an exploration of the motivations and difficulties of maintaining homes away from home, and the compromises that inevitably ensued. Abraham's Luggage demonstrates the potential for writing challenging new histories in the accidental survival of apparently ordinary ephemera.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Asian Connections
Release date:	October 2018
Authors:	Elizabeth A. Lambourn
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-17388-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-107-17388-4
Barcode:	9781107173880

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