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Zanzibar stands at the center of the Indian Ocean system's involvement in the history of Eastern Africa. This book follows on from the period covered in Abdul Sheriff's acclaimed Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar. The first part of the book shows the transition of Zanzibar from the commercial economy of the nineteenth century to the colonial economy of the twentieth century. The authors begin with the abolition of the slave trade in 1873 that started the process of transformation. They show the transition from slavery to colonial \u201cfree\u201d labor, the creation of the capitalist economy, and the resulting social contradictions. They take the history up to formal independence in 1963 with a postscript on the 1964 insurrection. In the second part the authors analyze social classes. The landlords and the merchants were dominant in the commercial empire of the nineteenth century and had difficulties in adjusting to the colonial condition. At the same time the development of capitalist farmers and a fully proletarianized working class was hindered. The conservative administration could not resolve the contradictions of colonial capitalism, and the formation of a united nationalist movement was hampered. This period culminated in the insurrection of 1964, but the revolution could not be consummated without mature revolutionary classes.
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... a thoroughly welcome addition to a sadly limited field. - Richard Rathbone in ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
About the Author
Abdul Sheriff is a professor of history at the University of Dar es Salaam and the author of The History and Conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town and coeditor of Zanzibar under Colonial Rule. He is also the principal curator of Zanzibar Museums.
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9+278 pages, index, bibliography, notes, map, photographs, illustrations : a study of the transition of Zanzibar from C19th commercial to C20th colonial economy with insight into the social class system; hardback vg vg dw isbn 0852550812 east africa zanzibar city tanzania tanganyika zanzibar stonetown zanzibari. Seller Inventory # 19245
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Zanzibar under Colonial Rule
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