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Crossing the Bay of Bengal : the furies of nature and the fortunes of migrants / Sunil S. Amrith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amrith, Sunil, 1979-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asians--Migrations--Bengal, Bay of, Region--History--19th century.
- Asians.
- Immigrants--Bengal, Bay of, Region--History--19th century.
- Immigrants.
- Bengal, Bay of, Region--Commerce--History--19th century.
- Bengal, Bay of, Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and as a battleground for European empires, while being shaped by monsoons and human migration. Integrating environmental history and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil S. Amrith offers insights to the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead.
- Contents:
- Prologue : the Bay of Bengal in history
- The life of the Bay of Bengal
- That vast sea's emporium
- Turbulent journeys, sacred geographies
- Human traffic
- Oceans' crossroads
- Crossings interrupted
- The pursuit of citizenship
- When the waters rise
- Epilogue : crossing the Bay of Bengal.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-338) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674728479
- 0674728475
- 9780674728462
- 0674728467
- OCLC:
- 923120636
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