The Way to Isfahan : And Passing Through Muscat - an Account of a Trip to Persia and Oman In 1900. by Loti, Pierre

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They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South / by Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E.

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Embassy to the Eastern courts : America's secret first pivot toward Asia, 1832-37 / by Jampoler, Andrew C. A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The first cruise, March 8, 1832-May 31, 1834 : USS Peacock and USS Boxer -- President Jackson, Secretary Woodbury, and Mister Roberts -- The Frigate USS Potomac at Kuala Batee -- Master Commandant Geisinger, Chargé d'Affaires Baylies, and Surgeon Ticknor -- Monte Video to Manila -- China, Cochin China, and Siam -- Oman, Mozambique, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, and New York -- Part 2. …”
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The political principles of some notable Prime Ministers of the nineteenth century; a series of lectures delivered in King's College, University of London. by Hearnshaw, F. J. C. 1869-1946

Table of Contents: “…--The Duke of Wellington, by Sir C. Oman.--Sir Robert Peel, by Sir R. Lodge.--Lord Palmerston, by P. …”

They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South / by Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Mistresses of the market -- Mistresses in the making -- "I belong to de mistis" -- "Missus done her own bossing" -- "She thought she could find a better market" -- "Wet nurse for sale or hire" -- "That 'oman took delight in sellin' slaves" -- "Her slaves have been liberated and lost to her" -- "A most unprecedented robbery" -- Epilogue: Lost kindred, lost cause.…”
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Buying time : debt and mobility in the western Indian Ocean / by McDow, Thomas F., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Buying time -- Drought and new mobilities in the Omani interior -- The customs masters and customs of credit in Zanzibar -- Sultans at sea : mobility and the Omani states -- Halwa and identity in the western Indian Ocean world -- Tippu Tip's kin, from Oman to the eastern Congo -- Freed slaves : manumission and mobility before 1873 -- Acts for consuls and consular acts : documents, manumission, and ocean travel after 1873 -- A dhow on Lake Victoria -- "Everything is pledged to its time" : Salih bin Ali, debt, and rebellion in the Omani interior -- Epilogue.…”
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Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar : Integration of an East African Commercial Empire into the World Economy, 1770-1873. by Sheriff, Abdul

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Maps, Graphs and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Currency and Weights -- Introduction: The Commercial Empire -- One: The Rise of a Compradorial State -- The mercantile civilisation of the Swahili coast -- Portuguese intervention -- The transformation of Oman -- The subjugation of the Swahili coast -- Conclusion -- Two: The Transformation of the Slave Sector -- The northern slave trade -- The French slave trade and the re-subjugation of Kilwa, 1770-1822…”
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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger : an anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. …”
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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger : an anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. …”
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