| ISBN-10 | 0300060807 |
| EAN | 9780300060805 |
| ISBN | 9780300060805 |
| Release Date | 11/01/1994 |
| Genre | Society & Culture |
| Release Year | 1994 |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Item Length | 9 in |
| Subject | Swahili, General |
| Publication Year | 1994 |
| Type | Textbook |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Item Height | 0.9 in |
| Author | John Middleton |
| Item Weight | 14.3 Oz |
| Item Width | 5.9 in |
| Number Of Pages | 266 Pages |
John Middleton argues, on the contrary, that beneath the cultural variation is a single structure, that of a well-defined and complex trading society that has shown little change through the ages. He traces the history of their colonized past as subjects to Arabs, Portuguese, British, and others and shows that, although their economic and political role has continually been a subordinate one, their sense of their unique identity enables them to persist as an ongoing civilization.