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1 - The Growth of ‘Emporia’

from Part I - Demarcations of Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2022

Philip Gooding
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
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Chapter 1 explores the emergence of port-towns on Lake Tanganyika’s shores. It uses archival and archaeological sources to situate this history within the broader contexts of ‘emporia’ in the Indian Ocean World over the longue durée, but with particular reference to transitions that occurred in the nineteenth century. Despite being adapted to their own micro-environments and peoples, the organisation and architecture of Lake Tanganyika’s nineteenth-century port-towns owed much to patterns that transcended parts of the wider Indian Ocean World. Such patterns are observable in terms of architecture, layout, and engagement with the water-facing environment.

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On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World
A History of Lake Tanganyika, c.1830-1890
, pp. 33 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Growth of ‘Emporia’
  • Philip Gooding, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World
  • Online publication: 21 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009122023.003
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  • Philip Gooding, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World
  • Online publication: 21 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009122023.003
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  • The Growth of ‘Emporia’
  • Philip Gooding, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World
  • Online publication: 21 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009122023.003
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