 | Port cities and intruders: the Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the early modern era Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title In Port Cities and Intruders , historian Michael Pearson explores the role of port cities and their orientation, relations between the coast and the interior, the place of the coast in the world economy, and the impact of the Portuguese in the early modern period. Michael N. Pearson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New South Wales. |
