William Gervase Clarence-Smith

William Gervase Clarence-Smith is Professor of the Economic History of Asia and Africa at SOAS, University of London.
He has an M.A. from Cambridge, a DipPol from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. from London University.
He is editor of Journal of Global History, and an associate of the Indian Ocean World Centre.
His publications include Cocoa and Chocolate 1765-1914 (2000, Routledge, ISBN 0415215765) The global coffee economy in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 1500-1989 (2003, edited with S. Topik, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521818513), Islam and the Abolition of Slavery (2003, Hurst & co, ISBN 1850657084) and Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950 (2012, edited with Raquel A.G. Reyes, Routledge, ISBN 9780415600590).
Clarence-Smith lists his research interests as "History of tropical beverages, masticatories, livestock, and textiles; Middle Eastern diasporas; religion, slavery and sexual norms. Special reference to South East Asia."