Crossing the Bay of Bengal : the furies of nature and the fortunes of migrants /

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The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal--India, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia--are home to one in four people on Earth. Crossing the Bay of Bengal places this region at the heart of world history for the first t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amrith, Sunil S., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1800-1899
Asians > Migrations > Bengal, Bay of, Region > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > Bengal, Bay of, Region > History > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Asians > Migrations
Commerce
Immigrants
Bengal, Bay of, Region > Commerce > History > 19th century.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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