Exchange Values: Commodities, Colonialism, and Identity on Nineteenth Century Zanzibar

Croucher, Sarah K.

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“…It should be stressed, however, that although pearl fishing provided the regionally specific economic base that connected Gulf communities to the wider world, and although the choice and consumption of foreign goods were driven by very specific local needs and social mores, other communities in other parts of the world were experiencing similar developments, and consuming similar or identical trade wares. A close analogy can be found in the clove plantations of Zanzibar, connected to the Gulf through the Omani empire, where identical ceramics were used by plantation employees and slaves (Croucher 2011), apparently in similar commensal settings, and carrying similar values and meanings despite the distant locations, origins and circumstances of the consumer societies. To an extent, these similarities can be explained by the inclusion of Zanzibar in the political and cultural orbit of Oman, but it is also notable that the archaeological evidence from Zanzibar shows an increase in the occurrence of these global ceramics in the early twentieth century, comparable to the situation in Doha and Muharraq.…”

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The Gulf in World History

Fromherz¹

2018

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The Gulf in World History

Fromherz¹

2018

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“…A final noteworthy expansion of the wealth in people model is its applicability to small‐scale and diffuse distributions of power, such as those in individual patron–client relations (Allan , 241–42; Bocast ; Croucher ) and the more collective or mutualistic strategies of leaders who must attract and maintain followers (Richard , 202; Robertshaw ). Such treatments help wealth in people apply to more than a narrow set of actors whom we might call the “wealthiest in people”—the formidable chiefs and mythological heroes best able to amass and mobilize wealth.…”

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Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

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McGill

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Economic Anthropology

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In its origins as a concept, wealth in people depended on the circulation and accumulation of rights and obligations among and over the living. But if a person is a source of wealth, what happens when the person dies? Would the person be excised from the relationships upon which wealth in people depends, or might his or her wealth remain accessible to the living? To address this question, we present the case of Oberlin Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina. The cemetery was the core of Oberlin Village, a freedperson's African American community founded in the mid-nineteenth century. Today, development threatens historic resources surrounding the cemetery, but a community organization founded by descendants and neighbors has emerged to preserve and promote their heritage. We are a group of anthropologists, geologists, and historians who live and work near Oberlin Village and who collaborate to help this organization achieve its goals. Here we report how our efforts to document the cemetery's history have bolstered their advocacy and validated their claims to wealth in the people buried there. Thus we show how wealth in people extends to the dead when graves and the people within them are potent sources of value for the living.

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“…They adhere to a singular description of the self and subjectively deny or suppress certain identities to avoid internal conflicts and disconnections (Gil et al, 1994). These people have the tendency to identify with a single group, which they perceive to be superior, exalted, and more favorable to their self-concepts (Zimnermann et al, 2003) or as more commonly represented in their own contexts (Croucher, 2011).…”

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The Double-Edged Effects of Dual-Identity on the Emotional Exhaustion of Migrant Workers: An Existential Approach

Zhang

2020

Front. Psychol.

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By integrating an existential approach to burnout, identity theory, and the job demandresource (JD-R) model, this paper compares the sense-making processes of migrant workers who embrace both rural and urban identities (i.e., dual-identity holders) with those who suppress either identity (i.e., non-dual-identity holders). In particular, we have examined these dual-identity holders' interpretations of the workplace regarding internal corporate social responsibilities (CSR) efforts and job complexity and the subsequent emotional exhaustion. A sample of 1,985 migrant workers in China reveals that dual-identity holders may have decreased emotional exhaustion because of higher perceptions of internal CSR efforts, and increased emotional exhaustion because of higher perceptions of job complexity. Furthermore, it is found that human resource management (HRM) strength (i.e., employees' shared perceptions of HR practices) weakens those two relationships. These findings have important implications for managing migrant workers and ensuring their well-beings.

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Exchange Values: Commodities, Colonialism, and Identity on Nineteenth Century Zanzibar

Cited by 12 publications

References 49 publications

The Gulf in World History

The Gulf in World History

Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

The Double-Edged Effects of Dual-Identity on the Emotional Exhaustion of Migrant Workers: An Existential Approach

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