The City and the Wilderness: Indo-Persian Encounters in Southeast Asia Volume 29
(Part of the California World History Library Series)
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The City and the Wilderness recounts the journeys and microhistories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their encounters with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral at the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under British colonial rule, Indo-Persian travelers and intermediaries linked to the East India Company explored and surveyed the Burmese Empire, inscribing it as a forest landscape and Buddhist...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520289692
ISBN13:9780520289697
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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