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Books

Pearson MN, 2023, MERCHANTS AND RULERS IN GUJARAT: THE RESPONSE TO THE PORTUGUESE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520337299

Pearson M, 2010, Preface

, 2010, Eyes across the water : navigating the Indian Ocean, Gupta P; Hofmeyr I; Pearson MN, (eds.), Unisa Press, Pretoria

Pearson MN, 2003, The Indian Ocean, Routledge Press, London/New York

Pearson MN; Gupta AK, 1999, India and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800, Original, Oxford University Press, New Delhi

Pearson MN, 1998, Port Cities and Intruders: the Swahili Coast, India and Portugal in the early modern era, Original, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore/London

Book Chapters

Pearson M, 2016, 'Locating garcia de orta in the port city of Goa and the Indian ocean world', in Medicine, Trade and Empire: Garcia de Orta's Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) in Context, pp. 33 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315594729

Pearson MN, 2012, 'Indian ocean and the Red Sea', in History of Islam in Africa, pp. 37 - 59

Pearson MN, 2012, 'Life at sea', in Prakash O (ed.), History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: The Trading World of the Indian Ocean. 1500-1800, Volume 7, edn. 1st, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, Delhi, pp. 633 - 658

Pearson MN, 2012, 'Religion and the Sea', in Prakash O (ed.), History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civukuzation: The Trading World of the Indian Ocean. 1500-1800, Volume 7, edn. 1st, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, Delhi, pp. 659 - 677, http://pearson.vrvbookshop.com/book/trading-world-indian-ocean1500-1800-om-prakash/9788131732236

Pearson M, 2011, 'Hajj, or Pilgrimage, to Mecca', in World History Encyclopedia: Volumes 1-21, pp. Vol7:229-Vol7:231

Pearson M, 2011, 'Indian Ocean Trade and the Swahili Coast', in World History Encyclopedia: Volumes 1-21, pp. Vol8:404-Vol8:405

Pearson M, 2010, 'Piracy in Asian waters: Problems of definition', in Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 15 - 28

Pearson MN, 2010, 'Connecting the Littorals: Cultural Brokers in the Early Modern Indian Ocean', in Gupta P; Hofmeyr I; Pearson M (ed.), Eyes across the water : navigating the Indian Ocean, edn. 1st ed., Unisa Press, Pretoria, pp. 32 - 47

Pearson MN, 2010, 'Introduction: The Idea of the Ocean', in Gupta P; Hofmeyr I; Pearson M (ed.), Eyes across the water : navigating the Indian Ocean, edn. 1st ed., Unisa Press, Pretoria, pp. 7 - 14

Pearson MN, 2010, 'Islamic trade, shipping, port-states and merchant communities in the Indian Ocean, seventh to sixteenth centuries', in Morgan DO; Reid A (ed.), The New Cambridge History of Islam Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries, CUP, Cambridge, pp. 317 - 365

Pearson MN, 2001, 'Asia and world precious metal flows in the early modern period', in McGuire J; Bertola P; Reeves P (ed.), Evolution of the world economy, previous metals and India, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 21 - 58

Pearson MN, 2001, 'The Portuguese in India and the Indian Ocean: an overview of the sixteenth century', in Malekandathil P; Mohammed J (ed.), The Portuguese, Indian Ocean and European bridgeheads 1500-1800: Festschrift in honour of Prof. K.S. Mathew, edn. Original, Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities of MESHAR, Tellicherry, Kerala, India, pp. 49 - 66

Pearson MN, 1998, 'Indians in East Africa: the early modern period', in Politics and trade in the Indian Ocean world: essays in honour of Ashin Das Gupta, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, Delhi, pp. 227 - 249

Journal articles

Pearson MN, 2015, 'Notes on World History and Maritime History', Asian Review of World Histories, 3, pp. 137 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.12773/arwh.2015.3.1.137

Pearson MN, 2012, 'Tremendous Damage or Mere Pinpricks: the costs of Piracy', Journal of Early Modern History, pp. 463 - 480

Pearson M; Worden N; Chambers C; Prasad A; Marsh N; Newell J; Bloomfield M; Woods T, 2011, 'Reviews', Wasafiri, 26, pp. 78 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02690055.2011.557554

Pearson M, 2009, 'Class, authority and gender on early-modern Indian Ocean ships: European and Asian comparisons', South African Historical Journal, 61, pp. 680 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02582470903500376

Pearson M, 2009, 'Islam, India and indigenous medicine', Metascience, 18, pp. 243 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11016-009-9267-9

Pearson MN, 2006, 'Littoral society: The concept and the problems', Journal of World History, 17, pp. 353 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2006.0059

Pearson M, 2004, 'Brief Comments on Recent Work on the Indian Ocean', Itinerario, 28, pp. 187 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0165115300020234

Pearson MN, 2004, 'Disputed mission: Jesuit experiments and Brahmanical knowledge inseventeenth-century India', Journal of Religious History, 28, pp. 109 - 119, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000220528400011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Pearson MN, 2004, 'From the Iranian plateau to the shores of Gujarat: The story of Parsi settlement and absorption in India', South Asia - Journal of South Asian Studies, 27, pp. 120 - 121

Pearson MN, 2004, 'From the Iranian plateau to the shores of Gujarat: The story of Parsi settlement and absorption in India', South Asia - Journal of South Asian Studies, 27, pp. 120 - 121, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000238739200013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Pearson MN, 2003, 'Modernity and culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.', JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 62, pp. 202 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3096148

Pearson MN, 2003, 'The global world of Indian merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama.', AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, 108, pp. 164 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/533065

Pearson MN, 2003, 'Ancient Indian ports with special reference to Maharashtra', South Asia - Journal of South Asian Studies, 26, pp. 96 - 96

Pearson MN, 2003, 'Ancient Indian ports with special reference to Maharashtra', South Asia - Journal of South Asian Studies, 26, pp. 96 - 96, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000239080800013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Pearson MN, 2001, 'The Bombay country ships, 1790-1833', SOUTH ASIA-JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES, 24, pp. 245 - 246, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000174408100018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pearson MN, 2001, 'Trade ideology and urbanization: South India 300 BC to AD 1300.', AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, 106, pp. 1338 - 1339, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2692974

Pearson MN, 2001, 'Renascent empire? The House of Braganza and the quest for stability in Portuguese Monsoon Asia, c.1640-1683', INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 23, pp. 657 - 659, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000171244600027&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pearson MN, 2001, 'Christians in Asia before 1500', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 107 - 109, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000167308800024&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pearson MN, 2001, 'A hazardous embarkation: writing history of the Indian Ocean', Indica, pp. 145 - 152

Pearson MN, 2001, 'Hindu medical practice in sixteenth-century Western India: evidence from Portuguese sources', Portuguese Studies, 17, pp. 100 - 113, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000171564300008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Pearson MN, 2000, 'The Germans, the Portuguese and India', SOUTH ASIA-JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES, 23, pp. 161 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00856400008723419

Pearson MN, 2000, 'World history: Ideologies, structures and identities', JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY, 11, pp. 350 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2000.0048

Pearson MN, 2000, 'Beyond price: Pearls and pearl fishing: Origins to the age of discoveries', AMERICAN NEPTUNE, 60, pp. 320 - 321, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000172159200012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pearson MN, 2000, 'The trading world of the Tamil merchant: Evolution of merchant capitalism in the Coromandel.', JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 59, pp. 473 - 475, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2658719

Pearson MN, 1999, 'The Arabian seas, 1640-1700', SOUTH ASIA-JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES, 22, pp. 125 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00856409908723363

Pearson MN, 1998, 'Early relations between the Portugese and Gujarat: a new overview', Indica, pp. 81 - 96

Pearson MN, 1996, 'First contacts between Indian and European medical systems: Goa in the sixteenth century.', Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 35, pp. 20 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004418448_005

PEARSON MN, 1995, 'DISCOVERIES, MISSIONARY EXPANSION AND ASIAN CULTURES - DESOUZA,TR', INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 17, pp. 778 - 779, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995TK96400018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

PEARSON MN, 1995, 'THE ECONOMICS OF THE GOA JESUITS, 1542-1759 - AN EXPLANATION OF THEIR RISE AND FALL - BORGES,CJ', INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 17, pp. 778 - 779, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995TK96400019&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

PEARSON MN, 1995, 'TRADE AND FINANCE IN PORTUGUESE INDIA - A STUDY OF THE PORTUGUESE COUNTRY TRADE, 1770-1840 - PINTO,C', INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 17, pp. 778 - 779, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995TK96400017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

PEARSON MN, 1992, 'TRADE AND POLITICS IN THE INDIAN-OCEAN - HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES - BORSA,G', INDIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW, 29, pp. 375 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001946469202900308


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