Islanded : Britain, Sri Lanka, and the bounds of an Indian Ocean colony /

'Islanded' makes a critical contribution to our understanding of South Asian and Indian ocean history and provides a novel lens through which to review both the British taking of and departure from India. Using a wealth of colonial and indigenous documents, Sujit Sivasundaram makes an intr...

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Main Author: Sivasundaram, Sujit
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: paths through mountains and seas
  • Peoples
  • Trade
  • Scholars
  • Sites
  • Gardens
  • Land
  • Medicine
  • Publics
  • Conclusion: convolutions of space and time.