On December 26, 2004, giant tsunami waves destroyed communities
around the Indian Ocean, from Indonesia to Kenya. Beyond the
horrific death toll, this wall of water brought a telling reminder
of the interconnectedness of the many countries on the ocean rim,
and the insignificance of national boundaries. "A Hundred Horizons"
takes us to these shores, in a brilliant reinterpretation of how
culture developed and history was made at the height of the British
raj.
Between 1850 and 1950, the Indian Ocean teemed with people,
commodities, and ideas: pilgrims and armies, commerce and labor,
the politics of Mahatma Gandhi and the poetry of Rabindranath
Tagore were all linked in surprising ways. Sugata Bose finds in
these intricate social and economic webs evidence of the
interdependence of the peoples of the lands beyond the horizon,
from the Middle East to East Africa to Southeast Asia.
In following this narrative, we discover that our usual ways of
looking at history--through the lens of nationalism or
globalization--are not adequate. The national ideal did not simply
give way to inevitable globalization in the late twentieth century,
as is often supposed; Bose reveals instead the vital importance of
an intermediate historical space, where interregional geographic
entities like the Indian Ocean rim foster nationalist identities
and goals yet simultaneously facilitate interaction among
communities.
"A Hundred Horizons" merges statistics and myth, history and
poetry, in a remarkable reconstruction of how a region's culture,
economy, politics, and imagination are woven together in time and
place.
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