TY - BOOK AU - Simpson,Edward TI - Muslim society and the western Indian Ocean: the seafarers of Kachchh T2 - Routledge Indian Ocean series SN - 9780415376105 (hbk) PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Shipbuilding industry KW - Employees KW - Training of KW - India KW - Kachchh KW - Muslims KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Texts, machinations and the past -- Shipyard apprenticeship and the transmission of knowledge -- Reform and status competition between Muslims -- Hindu nationalism and the Muslim response -- Imagination, exchange and value -- Anthropology, history and parochialism in the western Indian Ocean ER -