Muslim Society and the Western Indian Ocean: The Seafarers of Kachchh

By Edward Simpson

Based on extensive research, this book explores politics and religion among coastal Muslims of Gujarat. The author's ethnographic analysis of labour, migration and patterns of Islam in the region suggests a new perspective on the anthropology of the western Indian Ocean.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415376106
• ISBN13: 9780415376105
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"