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Author:

Pouwels, Randall Lee, 1944-

Title:

Horn and crescent : cultural change and traditional Islam on the East African coast, 800-1900 / Randall L. Pouwels.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Islam--Africa, East--History.
Africa, East--Civilization.
Swahili-speaking peoples--Religion.
Social change--Africa, East--History.
Africa, East--Social life and customs.
Swahili (Peuple d'Afrique)--Religion.
Afrique orientale anglophone--Mœurs et coutumes.
Civilization.
Islam.
Manners and customs.
Social change.
Swahili-speaking peoples--Religion.
Africa, East.
Islam
Kulturwandel
Zivilisation
Ostafrika
Somalihalbinsel
Islam--historia--Östafrika.
Islam--Africa, East--History.
Africa, East--Civilization.
Swahili-speaking peoples--Religion.
Geschichte 800-1900.
History.

Notes:

"First published 1987"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-268) and index. "First published 1987"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

The roots of a tradition, 800-1500 --The emergence of a tradition, 900-1500 -- A northern metamorphosis, 1500-1800 -- Appendix -- Town Islam and the umma ideal -- Wealth, piety, justice, and learning -- The Zanzibar Sultanate, 1812-88 -- New secularism and bureaucratic centralization -- A new literacy -- The early colonial era, 1885-1914 -- Currents of population and eddies of reform.

Series:

African studies series ; 53

ISBN:

0521323088
9780521323086
9780521523097
0521523095

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49737642

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)