Shallow Blue Empire : A History of Pearl Diving in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1930.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernando, Tamara Surani.

Series:

Harvard Historical Studies

Harvard Historical Studies ; v.197

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pearl industry and trade.

Marine sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A nuanced history of seafaring communities in the Indian Ocean, where the force of British imperial power depended on the expertise of local divers and sailors to feed a global demand for pearls.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Editorial Note

Introduction

Part One Meeting the Ocean

Chapter One Divers and Captains at Sea

Chapter Two Empire and the Governance of Pearling, 1800-1850

Part Two Working the Reef

Chapter Three Migration Across the Indian and Pacific Oceans , 1880-1910

Chapter Four The Age of Colonial Marine Science, 1856-1912

Chapter Five Measuring Mollusks and Measuring Humans, 1900-1912

Part Three Abstracting the Shallows

Chapter Six Mapping the Seabed, 1891-1915

Chapter Seven International Maritime Law at the Littoral, 1890-1914

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Credits

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-30535-3

0-674-30534-5