Title | Knowledge and the Indian Ocean [electronic resource] : Intangible Networks of Western India and Beyond / edited by Sara Keller |
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Imprint | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96839-1 |
Descript | XLI, 266 p. 25 illus., 23 illus. in color. online resource |
1. Introduction -- I. Knowledge, Science and Techniques -- 2. Places We Can Go: Some notes on sea/knowledge -- 3. Knowing the Sea: Thalassographies to Thalassology of the Indian Ocean (up to c. 1500 CE) -- 4. A Chinese Muse in the Caliph's Court - The Influence of Chinese Ceramic Technology across the Indian Ocean (8th to 14th Century CE) -- 5. Ava: A Living Tradition of Reverence for Water among the Zoroastrians -- 6. Scholars in Gujarat's Bazaars—Revisiting L’académie ambulante ("The Roving Academy") -- 7. Gujarat Ornamental Furniture: Artisans, Techniques, Skills and Global Markets during the Nineteenth Century -- 8. 'Without a Counterpart on the Globe": Geographical Knowledge and the Mapping of "Kutch" in the Nineteenth Century -- II. Skill, Migration and Identities -- 9. Gujarat Sufis, "Sants" and the Indian Ocean World in Medieval Times -- 10. Doing Well but also Doing Good? East African Indian Merchants and Their Charitable Work, c. 1850–1920 -- 11. Narratives of Transcendental Decision-Making: Seeking Health and Healing at Sufi Shrines in Gujarat -- 12. Voices of the Sidis: The Tradition of the Fakirs -- 13. Linguistic and Cultural Contributions of Gujarat in Eastern Africa -- 14. The Transnational Life and Political Philosophy of Shyamji Krishnavarma