The Resource The merchant houses of Mocha : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port, Nancy Um
The merchant houses of Mocha : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port, Nancy Um
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- Summary
- "Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. Its very name became synonymous with Yemen's most important revenue-producing crop, coffee. After the imams of the Qasimi dynasty ousted the Ottomans in 1635, Mocha's trade turned eastward toward the Indian Ocean and coastal India. Merchants and shipowners from Asian, African, and European shores flocked to the city to trade in Arabian coffee and aromatics, Indian textiles, Asian spices, and silver from the New World. Nancy Um tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did. Mocha was a hub in a great trade network encompassing overseas cities, agricultural hinterlands, and inland market centers. All these connected places, together with the functional demands of commerce in the city, the social stratification of its residents, and the imam's desire for wealth, contributed to Mocha's architectural and urban form. Eventually, in the mid-1800s, the Ottomans regained control over Yemen and abandoned Mocha as their coastal base. Its trade and its population diminished and its magnificent buildings began to crumble, until few traces are left of them today. This book helps bring Mocha to life once again."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
- Contents
-
- The Mocha trade network
- The Yemeni coffee network
- A littoral society in Yemen
- Merchants and Nākhūdhas
- the urban form and orientation of Mocha
- Trading spaces
- On the politics of inside and out
- Conclusion : the end of the Mocha Era
- Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimī Yemin and the governors of Mocha
- Appendix B. Archival and museum sources consulted
- Isbn
- 9780295800233
- Label
- The merchant houses of Mocha : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port
- Title
- The merchant houses of Mocha
- Title remainder
- trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port
- Statement of responsibility
- Nancy Um
- Subject
-
- 1600 - 1799
- ARCHITECTURE -- History | General
- Architecture and merchants
- Architecture and merchants -- Yemen (Republic) | Mukhā -- History -- 17th century
- Architecture and merchants -- Yemen (Republic) | Mukhā -- History -- 18th century
- Architektur
- Buildings
- Commerce
- Geschichte 1650-1750
- HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
- Handel
- Handelsgesellschaft
- History
- Mokka
- Mukhā (Yemen) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Mukhā (Yemen) -- Commerce | History -- 17th century
- Mukhā (Yemen) -- Commerce | History -- 18th century
- Yemen (Republic) -- Mukhā
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. Its very name became synonymous with Yemen's most important revenue-producing crop, coffee. After the imams of the Qasimi dynasty ousted the Ottomans in 1635, Mocha's trade turned eastward toward the Indian Ocean and coastal India. Merchants and shipowners from Asian, African, and European shores flocked to the city to trade in Arabian coffee and aromatics, Indian textiles, Asian spices, and silver from the New World. Nancy Um tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did. Mocha was a hub in a great trade network encompassing overseas cities, agricultural hinterlands, and inland market centers. All these connected places, together with the functional demands of commerce in the city, the social stratification of its residents, and the imam's desire for wealth, contributed to Mocha's architectural and urban form. Eventually, in the mid-1800s, the Ottomans regained control over Yemen and abandoned Mocha as their coastal base. Its trade and its population diminished and its magnificent buildings began to crumble, until few traces are left of them today. This book helps bring Mocha to life once again."
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Um, Nancy
- Dewey number
- 953.32
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- NA2543.M47
- LC item number
- U4 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Publications on the Near East
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Architecture and merchants
- Architecture and merchants
- Mukhā (Yemen)
- Mukhā (Yemen)
- Mukhā (Yemen)
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- Buildings
- Architecture and merchants
- Commerce
- Yemen (Republic)
- Architektur
- Handelsgesellschaft
- Mokka
- Handel
- Summary URI
- http://books.google.com/books?id=NqWNPAAACAAJ
- Label
- The merchant houses of Mocha : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port, Nancy Um
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Mocha trade network -- The Yemeni coffee network -- A littoral society in Yemen -- Merchants and Nākhūdhas -- the urban form and orientation of Mocha -- Trading spaces -- On the politics of inside and out -- Conclusion : the end of the Mocha Era -- Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimī Yemin and the governors of Mocha -- Appendix B. Archival and museum sources consulted
- Control code
- 774398900
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780295800233
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvct6gdp
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)774398900
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The merchant houses of Mocha : trade and architecture in an Indian Ocean port, Nancy Um
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Mocha trade network -- The Yemeni coffee network -- A littoral society in Yemen -- Merchants and Nākhūdhas -- the urban form and orientation of Mocha -- Trading spaces -- On the politics of inside and out -- Conclusion : the end of the Mocha Era -- Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimī Yemin and the governors of Mocha -- Appendix B. Archival and museum sources consulted
- Control code
- 774398900
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780295800233
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvct6gdp
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)774398900
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- 1600 - 1799
- ARCHITECTURE -- History | General
- Architecture and merchants
- Architecture and merchants -- Yemen (Republic) | Mukhā -- History -- 17th century
- Architecture and merchants -- Yemen (Republic) | Mukhā -- History -- 18th century
- Architektur
- Buildings
- Commerce
- Geschichte 1650-1750
- HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
- Handel
- Handelsgesellschaft
- History
- Mokka
- Mukhā (Yemen) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Mukhā (Yemen) -- Commerce | History -- 17th century
- Mukhā (Yemen) -- Commerce | History -- 18th century
- Yemen (Republic) -- Mukhā
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