TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amrith,Sunil S.
TI  - Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants
SN  - 9780674728462
AV  - JV8490 
U1  - 304.8091824 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Asians-Migrations-Bengal, Bay of, Region-History-19th century
KW  - Immigrants-Bengal, Bay of, Region-History-19th century
KW  - Bengal, Bay of, Region-Commerce-History-19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: The Bay of Bengal in History -- 1 - The Life of the Bay of Bengal -- 2 - That Vast Sea's Emporium -- 3 - Turbulent Journeys, Sacred Geographies -- 4 - Human Traffic -- 5 - Oceans' Crossroads -- 6 - Crossings Interrupted -- 7 - The Pursuit of Citizenship -- 8 - When the Waters Rise -- Epilogue: Crossing the Bay of Bengal -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Archives and Special Collections -- Acknowledgements -- Index
N2  - For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and as a battleground for European empires, while being shaped by monsoons and human migration. Integrating environmental history and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil S. Amrith offers insights to the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead
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