Zanzibar Under Colonial Rule

Download or read book Zanzibar Under Colonial Rule written by Abdul Sheriff and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zanzibar stands at the centre of the Indian Ocean system's involvement in the history of Eastern Africa. The first part of the book shows the transition of Zanzibar from the commercial economy of the nineteenth century to the colonial economy of the twentieth century. In the second part the authors analyse social classes and their role in the period culminating in the insurrection of 1964. North America: Ohio U Press; Tanzania: Historical Association of Tanzania