Monographie

The merchant houses of Mocha [Texte imprimé] : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port / Nancy Um

Type de contenu

• Texte Image fixe

Type de médiation

• sans médiation

Titre(s)

• The merchant houses of Mocha [Texte imprimé] : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port / Nancy Um

Auteur(s)

• Um, Nancy

Editeur, producteur

• Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009

Description matérielle

• xiii, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm

Collection

• Publications on the Near East

ISBN

• 9780295989105
• 0295989106
• 9780295989112
• 0295989114

Appartient à la collection

• Publications on the Near East 2009

Note(s)

• Includes bibliographical references and index

Note sur le contenu

• The Mocha trade network ; The Yemeni coffee network ; A littoral society in Yemen ; Merchants and Nākhūdhas ; the urban form and orientation of Mocha ; Trading spaces ; On the politics of inside and out ; Conclusion : the end of the Mocha Era ; Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimī Yemin and the governors of Mocha ; Appendix B. Archival and museum sources consulted.

Résumé ou extrait

• "Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. Its very name became synonymous with Yemen's most important revenue-producing crop, coffee. After the imams of the Qasimi dynasty ousted the Ottomans in 1635, Mocha's trade turned eastward toward the Indian Ocean and coastal India. Merchants and shipowners from Asian, African, and European shores flocked to the city to trade in Arabian coffee and aromatics, Indian textiles, Asian spices, and silver from the New World. Nancy Um tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did. Mocha was a hub in a great trade network encompassing overseas cities, agricultural hinterlands, and inland market centers. All these connected places, together with the functional demands of commerce in the city, the social stratification of its residents, and the imam's desire for wealth, contributed to Mocha's architectural and urban form. Eventually, in the mid-1800s, the Ottomans regained control over Yemen and abandoned Mocha as their coastal base. Its trade and its population diminished and its magnificent buildings began to crumble, until few traces are left of them today. This book helps bring Mocha to life once again." ; http://books.google.com/books?id=NqWNPAAACAAJ

Sujet(s)

• Port
• Moka
• Histoire
• Commerce
• 18è siècle
• 17è siècle

Sujet - Nom commun

• Architecture -- Yémen -- Al-Mukhā (Yémen) -- 1500-1800
• Commerce -- Yémen -- Al-Mukhā (Yémen) -- 1500-1800

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