Crossing the Bay of Bengal : the furies of nature and the fortunes of migrants /
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...
| Основен автор: | Amrith, Sunil S., 1979- (Author) |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
|
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=575615 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Crossing the Bay of Bengal. |
Съдържание:
- 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.