Pearls, People, and Power is the first book to examine the trade,
distribution, production, and consumption of pearls and
mother-of-pearl in the global Indian Ocean over more than five
centuries. While scholars have long recognized the importance of
pearling to the social, cultural, and economic practices of both
coastal and inland areas, the overwhelming majority have confined
themselves to highly localized or at best regional studies of the
pearl trade. By contrast, this book stresses how pearling and the
exchange in pearl shell were interconnected processes that brought
the ports, islands, and coasts into close relation with one
another, creating dense networks of connectivity that were not
necessarily circumscribed by local, regional, or indeed national
frames. Essays from a variety of disciplines address the role of
slaves and indentured workers in maritime labor arrangements,
systems of bondage and transoceanic migration, the impact of
European imperialism on regional and local communities, commodity
flows and networks of exchange, and patterns of marine resource
exploitation between the Industrial Revolution and Great
Depression. By encompassing the geographical, cultural, and
thematic diversity of Indian Ocean pearling, Pearls, People, and
Power deepens our appreciation of the underlying historical
dynamics of the many worlds of the Indian Ocean. Contributors:
Robert Carter, William G. Clarence-Smith, Joseph Christensen,
Matthew S. Hopper, Pedro Machado, Julia T. Martinez, Michael
McCarthy, Jonathan Miran, Steve Mullins, Karl Neuenfeldt, Samuel M.
Ostroff, and James Francis Warren.
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