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BL
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967342
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b721712
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| Title & Author
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Textiles in Indian Ocean societies /\ edited by Ruth Barnes.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge Curzon,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Indian Ocean series ;; [4]
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1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203644255
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: 020368804X
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: 1280281278
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: 6610281270
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: 9780203644256
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: 9780203688045
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: 9781280281273
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: 9786610281275
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0415297664
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9780415297660
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180) and index.
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| Contents
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Rome and India : early Indian cotton textiles from Berenike, Red Sea coast of Egypt / John Peter Wild and Felicity Wild -- Far-flung fabrics -- Indian textiles in ancient maritime trade / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- 'Portuguese' carpets from Khorasan, Persia / Steven Cohen -- Textile as commodity, dress as text : Swahili kanga and women's statements / David Parkin -- The kofia tradition of Zanzibar : the implicit and explicit discourses of men's head-dress in an Indian Ocean society / Zulfikar Hirji -- Ze mañeva aze : looking for patterns in Malagasy cloth / Sarah Fee -- Cosmopolitan tastes and indigenous designs -- virtual cloth in a Javanese candi / Mary-Louise Totton -- Textiles of Jambi (Sumatra) and the Indian Ocean trade / Fiona Kerlogue -- Moving between cultures : textiles as a source of innovation in Kedang, eastern Indonesia / Ruth Barnes.
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| Abstract
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This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions.
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Textile design-- Indian Ocean Region, Congresses.
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Textile fabrics-- Economic aspects-- Indian Ocean Region, Congresses.
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Textile fabrics-- Social aspects-- Indian Ocean Region, Congresses.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Commerce.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Marketing-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Sales Selling-- General.
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Commerce.
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Textile design.
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Textile fabrics-- Economic aspects.
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Textile fabrics-- Social aspects.
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Indian Ocean Region, Commerce, Congresses.
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Indian Ocean Region.
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| Dewey Classification
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381/.4567702864/091824
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| LC Classification
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NK8889.83.A1T48 2004eb
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73.21bcl
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73.21.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Barnes, Ruth,1947-
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