Shipped but not sold :

Um, Nancy.

Shipped but not sold : material culture and the social protocols of trade during Yemen's age of coffee / Nancy Um. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2017. - xiv, 198 p. ; 24 cm. - Perspectives on the global past . - Perspectives on the global past. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rites of entry at the maritime threshold -- European merchant tribute in Yemen -- Merchants from India and their gift practices in Yemen -- Everyday objects and tools of the trade.

9780824866402 (cloth ; alk. paper)


Ceremonial exchange--History--Yemen (Republic)--18th century.
Merchants--History--Yemen (Republic)--18th century.


Yemen (Republic)--Commerce--History--18th century.

GN449.8 / .U4 2017