Struggling With History Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean - Society and History in the Indian Ocean

Edward Simpson (editor), Kai Kresse (editor)

Paperback (21 Dec 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume compares and contrasts anthropological and historical approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing on the vexed nature of 'cosmopolitanism'. The chapters contribute to current debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the comparative study of Muslim societies, and the study of colonial and post-colonial contexts. There are few books on the market that combine serious interdisciplinary scholarship and regional ethnographic expertise with comparable ambition.

About the Publisher

Hurst & Company

Hurst is an independently owned non-fiction publisher based in central London, across the road from the British Museum in the heart of Bloomsbury. Among our authors are Gerard Prunier, Christophe Jaffrelot, Faisal Devji, David Kilcullen, Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, Stephen Ellis, Paul Lendvai, Sir David Omand and Ziauddin Sardar. We have also published several books on behalf of MSF in London and Paris. Christopher Hurst founded C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. in 1969, his primary aim being to publish scrupulously edited and produced books on subjects close to his heart rather than to build a commercial empire. Christopher's interests were eclectic, and they featured in his list from the outset, ranging from African studies, the plight of dissidents in the Cold War, the history of Scandinavia, the Muslim periphery, the Far North and anthropology.

ISBN:	9781850658696
Publisher:	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Imprint:	Hurst & Company
Pub date:	21 Dec 2007
DEWEY:	303.4821824
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	400
Weight:	514g
Height:	216mm
Width:	143mm
Spine width:	22mm