In an Antique Land
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Description
Moving between past and present, anthropologist Amitav Ghosh presents a lyrical portrait of life in Egypt, as well as broad histories of that country, Tunisia, and India’s Malabar Coast. Ghosh weaves strands of his own life in rural Egypt into the story he is researching of a twelfth-century Jewish merchant and his slave. Exploiting an extraordinary cache of medieval documents in Cairo, Ghosh is able to piece together a fascinating story illuminating the reach of medieval Egyptian trade and cross-cultural interaction; he also tells of a form of slavery very different from the one familiar to most Americans. Especially for readers seeking an understanding of the complexity and interconnected nature of the lands and cultures on the periphery of the Indian Ocean, there are few better reads than In an Antique Land.
ISBN
9780679727835
Publication Date
1994
Publisher
Vintage Books
City
New York, NY
Document Type
Book
Keywords
Muslim Journeys, Egypt, Tunisia, India, Malabar Coast, Rural Egypt, Cairo, Medieval Egyptian trade
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Religion
Recommended Citation
Ghosh, Amitav, "In an Antique Land" (1994). Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys. 11.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/muslim-journeys-books/11
