William Gervase Clarence-Smith is Professor of the Economic History of Asia and Africa at

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. He received an M.A. from

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, a DipPol from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. from London University. Clarence-Smith is the editor of ''

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'' published by the Cambridge University Press. He is an associate of the Indian Ocean World Centre. He is a member of the London Middle East Institute, the Centre of Iranian Studies, the Centre for Palestine Studies and the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of London. Clarence-Smith is known for his research into two fields. One area is the history of economic commodities, the other being the history of religion, slavery and gender norms particularly in

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and

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. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Historical Society. Some of his publications include: *''The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century'', *''The Economics of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Slave Trades in the 19th Century: An Overview'' *''Cocoa and Chocolate 1765-1914'' (2000, Routledge, ) *''The global coffee economy in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 1500-1989'' (2003, edited with S. Topik, Cambridge University Press, ) *''Islam and the Abolition of Slavery'' (2003, Hurst & co, ) *'' Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950'' (2012, edited with Raquel A.G. Reyes, Routledge, ) *''Female circumcision in Southeast Asia since the coming of Islam'', *''The Third Portuguese Empire, 1825-1975'',

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