Mozambique Island: the rise and decline of an East African coastal city, 1500-1700.

Portuguese Studies | January 1, 2004| | Copyright

Port-cities, it has been claimed, have special characteristics which distinguish them from other urban centres. This special character is derived from their situation at the point where economies and societies based on the mainland meet the societies and economies of other countries beyond the seas. Port-cities have both a foreland (other countries beyond the seas) and a hinterland (the country where they are physically situated). Very often the people who inhabit the port-cities have strong ties in both these directions and derive their special character from the interaction ...

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