Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: The People of the Dhow (Kegan Paul Arabia Library) by Agius, Dionisius A

New. This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring. In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive field research in which the voices of seamen were recorded in over 200 interviews. The book provides an integrated study of dhow activity in the area concerned and examines the consciousness of belonging to the wider culture of the Indian ocean as it is expressed in boat-building traditions, navigational techniques, crew organisation and port towns. People of the Dhow brings together the different measures of time past, the sea, its people and their material culture. The Arabian Gulf and Oman have traditionally shared a common destiny within the Western Indian Ocean. The seasonal monsoonal winds were fundamental to the physical and human unities of the seafaring communities, producing a way of life in… Read More

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Routledge, 2009. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 10.90x8.20x0.70 inches.

Routledge, 2009. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 10.90x8.20x0.70 inches.

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