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Margins of the Market The California World History Library Edited by Edmund Burke III, Kenneth Pomeranz, and Patricia Seed Margins of the Market Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea Johan Mathew University of California Press University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2016 by Th e Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Mathew, Johan, author. Title: Margins of the market : traffi cking and capitalism across the Arabian Sea / Johan Mathew. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2015046018 | isbn 9780520288546 (cloth : alk. paper) | isbn 9780520288553 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Smuggling—Arabian Sea. | Capitalism—Arabian Sea—History—19th century. | Capitalism—Arabian Sea—History—20th century. | Free trade—Arabian Sea—History—19th century. | Free trade— Arabian Sea—History—20th century. | Human smuggling—Arabian Sea. | Slave trade—Arabian Sea—History. Classifi cation: LCC HJ7033.5.Z5 M37 2016 | DDC 364.1/336091824—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015046018 Manufactured in the United States of America 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally responsible and sustainable printing practices, UC Press has printed this book on Natures Natural, a fi ber that contains 30% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). To Mom and Dad This page intentionally left blank contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Terms and Transliteration xv Introduction 1 1. Commoditizing Transport 21 2. Traffi cking Labor 52 3. Disarming Commerce 82 4. Neutralizing Money 113 5. Valorizing Markets 143 Conclusion 173 Abbreviations Used in Notes 181 Notes 183 Bibliography 219 Index 239 This page intentionally left blank illustrations maps 1. Maritime borders of legal slave trading 55 2. Major distribution paths for illicit fi rearms 92 3. Major currency and specie fl ows 125 figures 1. Kutchi pilot’s map of the Bab al-Mandeb, ca. 1835 28–29 2. Fare and distance chart for the Strick Line, 1902 48 3. Cargo of child slaves rescued from an Arab dhow 68 4. Military and sporting rifl es 101 5. Page of accounts of the sultan of Zanzibar 154 ix This page intentionally left blank
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