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The Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and
cultural exchanges across time and space. This book and its
companion, Merchants and Ports in the Indian Ocean World, explore
these connections around the wider Indian Ocean world. The book
examines the many overlapping linkages that existed from the early
modern period and into the colonial era. It offers a clear
understanding of the economic networks that extended across the
Indian Ocean and the Atlantic during the 19th century. With a
critical historical lens, the volume discusses themes like the
opium trade in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago - the biggest opium
trade market at the time; the Safavid mission to Siam; and the
economic relationship between Pondicherry and West Africa, via
France. Rich in archival material, this book will be of interest
for scholars and researchers of Indian Ocean history, maritime
history, Indian history, economic and commercial history, South
Asian history, and social history, anthropology, and trade
relations in general.
1) This book is distinctive in its focus on the commercial links
between India and Japan across both sea and land during 1600-1800.
2) It contains articles written by both Japanese and Indian
scholars of repute. 3) This book will be of interest for
departments of Maritime history and South Asian history across UK.
1) This book is distinctive in its focus on the commercial links
between India and Japan across both sea and land during 1600-1800.
2) It contains articles written by both Japanese and Indian
scholars of repute. 3) This book will be of interest for
departments of Maritime history and South Asian history across UK.
The Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and
cultural exchanges across time and space. This book and its
companion, Merchants and Ports in the Indian Ocean World, explore
these connections around the wider Indian Ocean world. The book
examines the many overlapping linkages that existed from the early
modern period and into the colonial era. It offers a clear
understanding of the economic networks that extended across the
Indian Ocean and the Atlantic during the 19th century. With a
critical historical lens, the volume discusses themes like the
opium trade in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago - the biggest opium
trade market at the time; the Safavid mission to Siam; and the
economic relationship between Pondicherry and West Africa, via
France. Rich in archival material, this book will be of interest
for scholars and researchers of Indian Ocean history, maritime
history, Indian history, economic and commercial history, South
Asian history, and social history, anthropology, and trade
relations in general.
This book offers a global history of the Indian Ocean and focuses
on a holistic perspective of the worlds of water. It builds on
maritime historian Michael Naylor Pearson's works, his unorthodox
approach and strong influence on the study of the Indian Ocean in
viewing the oceanic space as replete with human experiences and not
as an artefact of empire or as the theatre of European commercial
and imperial transits focused only on trade. This interdisciplinary
volume presents several ways of writing the history of the Indian
Ocean. The chapters explore the changing nature of Indian Ocean
history through diverse themes, including state and capital,
regional identities, maritime networking, South Asian immigrants,
Bay of Bengal linkages, the East India Company, Indian seamen,
formal and informal collaboration in imperial networking,
scientific transfers, pearling, the issues of colonial copyright,
customs, excise and port cities. The volume will be useful to
scholars and researchers of global history, modern history,
maritime history, medieval history, Indian history, colonial
history and world history.
This book investigates how the idea of the 'east' emerged in
western travel narratives between the 13th and the 18th centuries.
Sifting through critical travel narratives - real and imagined - it
locates the changing geography as well as the perceptions
surrounding India. The author presents how historical stereotypes
interacted with a burgeoning demand for travelogues during this
period and have fed into the way we think about Asia in general,
and India in particular. From the mythical travels of Prester John
to the enigmatic 'adventures' of Marco Polo, from the fraught
voyages of Johannes Plano de Carpini to the missionary zeal of
Friar Odoric of Pordenone and William of Rubruquis, this volume
traces the history of the 'Orient' as it was understood by the
west. A major intervention in understanding how popular narratives
shape history, this book will be of great interest to scholars and
researchers of history, medieval history, history of travel, world
literature, postcolonial studies, and general readers interested in
travel narratives.
This book investigates how the idea of the 'east' emerged in
western travel narratives between the 13th and the 18th centuries.
Sifting through critical travel narratives - real and imagined - it
locates the changing geography as well as the perceptions
surrounding India. The author presents how historical stereotypes
interacted with a burgeoning demand for travelogues during this
period and have fed into the way we think about Asia in general,
and India in particular. From the mythical travels of Prester John
to the enigmatic 'adventures' of Marco Polo, from the fraught
voyages of Johannes Plano de Carpini to the missionary zeal of
Friar Odoric of Pordenone and William of Rubruquis, this volume
traces the history of the 'Orient' as it was understood by the
west. A major intervention in understanding how popular narratives
shape history, this book will be of great interest to scholars and
researchers of history, medieval history, history of travel, world
literature, postcolonial studies, and general readers interested in
travel narratives.
The idea of transitions in Indian history emerged early when the
term 'transition' denoted shifts from one period to another. The
notion of transition itself has moved beyond being primarily
economic to include dimensions of society, culture and ideology.
This volume brings together scholarly works that re-examine and
re-define the concept of transition by looking into a range of
subjects including religion, culture, gender, caste and community
networks, maritime and mercantile modes, ideas of nationalism and
historiographies across geographical and temporal settings. With
contributions by leading scholars from South Asia, this book will
be useful to scholars and researchers of ancient history, modern
Indian history, sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian
studies.
This book traces connections in pre-modern Asia by looking at
different worlds across geography, history and society. It examines
how regions were connected by people, families, trade and politics
as well as how they were maintained and remembered. The volume
analyses these intersections of memory and narrative, of people and
places and the routes that took people to these places, using a
variety of sources. It also studies whether these intersections
remain in later and present times, and their larger impact on our
understanding of history. The narratives cover several journeys
drawn from archaeology, texts and cultural imagination: trade
routes, marts, fairs, forts, religious pilgrimages, inscriptions,
calligraphy and coinages spanning diverse regions, including
India-Tibet-British forays, India-Malay intersections, corporate
enterprise in the Indian Ocean, impacts of slave trade in Southeast
Asia shaped by the Dutch East India company, movements and
migrations around Indo-Iranian borderlands and those in western and
southern India. The book will greatly interest scholars and
researchers of history and archaeology, cultural studies and
literature.
The idea of transitions in Indian history emerged early when the
term 'transition' denoted shifts from one period to another. The
notion of transition itself has moved beyond being primarily
economic to include dimensions of society, culture and ideology.
This volume brings together scholarly works that re-examine and
re-define the concept of transition by looking into a range of
subjects including religion, culture, gender, caste and community
networks, maritime and mercantile modes, ideas of nationalism and
historiographies across geographical and temporal settings. With
contributions by leading scholars from South Asia, this book will
be useful to scholars and researchers of ancient history, modern
Indian history, sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian
studies.
This book traces connections in pre-modern Asia by looking at
different worlds across geography, history and society. It examines
how regions were connected by people, families, trade and politics
as well as how they were maintained and remembered. The volume
analyses these intersections of memory and narrative, of people and
places and the routes that took people to these places, using a
variety of sources. It also studies whether these intersections
remain in later and present times, and their larger impact on our
understanding of history. The narratives cover several journeys
drawn from archaeology, texts and cultural imagination: trade
routes, marts, fairs, forts, religious pilgrimages, inscriptions,
calligraphy and coinages spanning diverse regions, including
India-Tibet-British forays, India-Malay intersections, corporate
enterprise in the Indian Ocean, impacts of slave trade in Southeast
Asia shaped by the Dutch East India company, movements and
migrations around Indo-Iranian borderlands and those in western and
southern India. The book will greatly interest scholars and
researchers of history and archaeology, cultural studies and
literature.
This book offers a global history of the Indian Ocean and focuses
on a holistic perspective of the worlds of water. It builds on
maritime historian Michael Naylor Pearson's works, his unorthodox
approach and strong influence on the study of the Indian Ocean in
viewing the oceanic space as replete with human experiences and not
as an artefact of empire or as the theatre of European commercial
and imperial transits focused only on trade. This interdisciplinary
volume presents several ways of writing the history of the Indian
Ocean. The chapters explore the changing nature of Indian Ocean
history through diverse themes, including state and capital,
regional identities, maritime networking, South Asian immigrants,
Bay of Bengal linkages, the East India Company, Indian seamen,
formal and informal collaboration in imperial networking,
scientific transfers, pearling, the issues of colonial copyright,
customs, excise and port cities. The volume will be useful to
scholars and researchers of global history, modern history,
maritime history, medieval history, Indian history, colonial
history and world history.
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