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Edinburgh: The Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1935. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 366 8vo. Published by the Scottish Rock Garden Club and arranged by a committee, consisting of R.E.Cooper,… Mehr…

Edinburgh: The Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1935. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 366 8vo. Published by the Scottish Rock Garden Club and arranged by a committee, consisting of R.E.Cooper, A.O.Curle and W.S.Fair. Includes map (excellent condition, not bound in) of Forrest's botanical expeditions on the borders of Burma, West Tibet and China. Condition notes: Foxing to external page edges, occasionally extending in to pages. A relevant newspaper cutting has been left in at page 1 of the Introduction (NOT pasted in) and there has been some resulting yellowing of that page. Otherwise, internally clean and bright., The Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1935, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015. Softcover. Brand new book. The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of BengalÑIndia, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and MalaysiaÑare home to one in four people on Earth. Crossing the Bay of Bengal places this region at the heart of world history for the first time. Integrating human and environmental history, and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil Amrith gives a revelatory and stirring new account of the Bay and those who have inhabited it. For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and then as a battleground for European empires, all while being shaped by the monsoons and by human migration. Imperial powers in the nineteenth century, abetted by the force of capital and the power of steam, reconfigured the Bay in their quest for coffee, rice, and rubber. Millions of Indian migrants crossed the sea, bound by debt or spurred by drought, and filled with ambition. Booming port cities like Singapore and Penang became the most culturally diverse societies of their time. By the 1930s, however, economic, political, and environmental pressures began to erode the Bay's centuries-old patterns of interconnection. Today, rising waters leave the Bay of Bengal's shores especially vulnerable to climate change, at the same time that its location makes it central to struggles over Asia's future. Amrith's evocative and compelling narrative of the region's pasts offers insights critical to understanding and confronting the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead. 368 pages, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches, 22 halftones, 3 maps. Sunil S. Amrith is Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History at Harvard University. "FascinatingÉ Although several books have been written about the strategic and geopolitical significance of the Indian OceanÉthere is little awareness of the cultural and historical ties that bind diverse nations bordering the bay. Amrith's signal achievement is to bring these ties to light. In doing so, he gives voiceÑand an identityÑto one of the most complex and culturally interesting regions of the worldÉ Amrith's excavation of this culture is painstaking and meticulous. He digs deep into the archives, drawing on journals, letters and official colonial records to assemble an account that dates back to the first millenniumÉ The result of all this research is a textured biography of a regionÉ This is a formidable work of scholarshipÉ It is the sheer accumulation of information, and the multiple, interwoven strands in this profoundly interdisciplinary work, that yield such an impressive, multifaceted portraitÉ [A] remarkable book."ÑAkash Kapur, The New York Times Book Review "Sunil Amrith consolidates his reputation for intellectual sophistication, a good historian's sensitivity to detail and a flair for large-scale tale-telling that produces work as page-turning as a novel. We are reminded that the Bay of Bengal, the world's largest, long stood at the heart of global trade and imperial historiesÑthe watery counterpart to the overland silk route that connected the Indian Ocean with Asia, Mediterranean societies and even South America via the flow of goods such as silver and pepperÉ Read this book for information, for convincing analytic nuance, as a humbling shake-up of one's worldview, and as a series of heart-stopping tales."ÑCaroline Osella, Times Higher Education "Sunil Amrith's astonishingly researched and lyrically written book evokes and showcases the toils, trials and fortunes of millions of Indians who have made the turbulent expanse of water from Trincomalee, Chennai and Vishakhapatnam to Calcutta, Chittagong, Rangoon, Penang, Malacca and Singapore their karm-bhoomi over the last several centuries. Crossing the Bay of Bengal is, in a very real sense, a life of that Bay itself, as it was buffeted and regulated by the monsoon winds during the long Age of Sail, then harnessed by steamships from the 1870s."ÑShahid Amin, Indian Express "In refocusing on the Bay and restoring a Braudelian sweep to its history, this nicely written and meticulously researched study could prove as timely as it is instructive."ÑJohn Keay, Literary Review "The highlight of thisÉbook is the way Amrith introduces the bay's early trade routes and encourages further reading into its ancient civilizationsÑfrom the medieval Hindu-Buddhist Srivijaya empire of Sumatra, who ruled much of Southeast Asia, to the powerful Chola (southern India) dynasty's thriving China trade. Such accounts reveal vibrant 'East-meets-West' business communities where Arab, Indian and, later, European ships moored alongside Chinese junks for cloth, spices, opium and Mexican silver. Amrith brings these images to life with clear maps and thoughtful research, such as the observations of Portuguese apothecary Tom Pires, who noted 84 languages 'from the Middle East to China' in early 16th-century Melaka. Equally engaging is the way Amrith portrays traders' study of the bay's monsoons, and how they intermarried with locals from across the bay to create hybrid cultures and architecture that embraced multiple beliefs and traditions."ÑWilliam Wadsworth, The South China Morning Post "Despite its many familial, religious, and commercial linkages, perhaps because of its lack of a unifying political structure the region has too often been pushed into the shadowsÉ The author weaves a richly vivid tapestry of a vast movement of people, principally South Indian laborers, sailing eastward across the bay to Burma, Malaysia, and SingaporeÉ Rising sea levels are making new geographical patterns to which the low coastal lands of the Bay of Bengal are especially susceptible. Amrith remarks that the ocean has changed more in the last 30 years than in all of human historyÉ Substantive and gracefully written."ÑJ. C. Perry, Choice "Amrith covers the historical background, the political and social world of the migrants, and the human suffering: the inhumanity of plantation life, disease and high mortality rates, and the aftermath of the crumbling of the European empires."ÑRavi Shenoy, Library Journal "Admirably ambitious yet eminently readable, Crossing the Bay of Bengal is one of the most engaging works of history to come my way in a long time."ÑAmitav Ghosh, writing at amitavghosh.com "Amrith uncovers new horizons in oceanic history as he sets sail with Tamil migrants across the turbulent waters of the Bay of Bengal. This exquisitely crafted book deftly traces the migratory patterns and cultural flows that connect South and Southeast Asia while demonstrating the power and limits of human agency in shaping the environmental destiny of the sea."ÑSugata Bose, author of His Majesty's Opponent "Exquisitely crafted and exhaustively researched, this book will become a classic in global and oceanic history. Few studies of world history can rival the breathtaking interdisciplinary reach and sheer narrative splendor of this book."ÑIsabel Hofmeyr, author of Gandhi's Printing Press "Reading this book is pure joy. Beautifully written, with lyrical tenderness and subtle concern for the voices of migrants, Crossing the Bay of Bengal portrays the history of the Bay transformed over epochs, from medieval times to the present, in all its environmental, economic, social, and political complexity."ÑDavid Ludden, author of India and South Asia: A Short History, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015, New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1947]. 12mo. 339 pp., plus 1 pp. publishers ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers, NF copy, w/ neat ownership label of Hiro Wakabayashi (1930-2017), Japanese-American and Korean War veteran on front flap. First Pocket Books paperback edition, No. 47, of this rousing tale of hunting animals in Burma, Sumatra, Tibet, Borneo, Africa, and other places around the globe for sale to zoos. Was released by RKO in 1932 as a pre-code jungle adventure documentary film., Pocket Books, Inc., Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. It is now fairly well known that Clement Attlee regarded the I.N.A. as a primary reason for the British to leave India in 1947 in a hurry, so it is unfortunate that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose`s contribution to the freedom of India is not suitable recognized, and even the mystery of his death is being totally ignored. Sixty years have passed and it is time that we must do justice to this exhilarating chapter of contemporary Indian history. This book tries to serve this purpose to an extent, about which Lt. Col. Lakshmi Sahgal writes: ""My colleague of the I.N.A. days in Burma, Lt. Manwati Arya ((nee Panday)... was introduced to Netaji in Rangoon by me... Her book is based on her personal experiences of him, portraying an authentic picture of his personality, his nature, and above all, the human aspect of his life, including his special consideration for women, comprising half of the nation`s strength. `She has seen him at work in the headquarters of his Government in Rangoon, in the war-time hazardous long journey from Rangoon to Maymyo traveling together with him including his entourage and a small contingent of the Rani Jhansi Regiment and also at the Advance Headquarters in the midst Printed Pages: 248., Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008, Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. It is now fairly well known that Clement Attlee regarded the I.N.A. as a primary reason for the British to leave India in 1947 in a hurry, so it is unfortunate that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose`s contribution to the freedom of India is not suitable recognized, and even the mystery of his death is being totally ignored. Sixty years have passed and it is time that we must do justice to this exhilarating chapter of contemporary Indian history. This book tries to serve this purpose to an extent, about which Lt. Col. Lakshmi Sahgal writes: ""My colleague of the I.N.A. days in Burma, Lt. Manwati Arya ((nee Panday)... was introduced to Netaji in Rangoon by me... Her book is based on her personal experiences of him, portraying an authentic picture of his personality, his nature, and above all, the human aspect of his life, including his special consideration for women, comprising half of the nation`s strength. `She has seen him at work in the headquarters of his Government in Rangoon, in the war-time hazardous long journey from Rangoon to Maymyo traveling together with him including his entourage and a small contingent of the Rani Jhansi Regiment and also at the Advance Headquarters in the midst Printed Pages: 248. NA, Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008, Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. It is now fairly well known that Clement Attlee regarded the I.N.A. as a primary reason for the British to leave India in 1947 in a hurry, so it is unfortunate that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose`s contribution to the freedom of India is not suitable recognized, and even the mystery of his death is being totally ignored. Sixty years have passed and it is time that we must do justice to this exhilarating chapter of contemporary Indian history. This book tries to serve this purpose to an extent, about which Lt. Col. Lakshmi Sahgal writes: "My colleague of the I.N.A. days in Burma, Lt. Manwati Arya ((nee Panday)... was introduced to Netaji in Rangoon by me... Her book is based on her personal experiences of him, portraying an authentic picture of his personality, his nature, and above all, the human aspect of his life, including his special consideration for women, comprising half of the nation`s strength. `She has seen him at work in the headquarters of his Government in Rangoon, in the war-time hazardous long journey from Rangoon to Maymyo traveling together with him including his entourage and a small contingent of the Rani Jhansi Regiment and also at the Advance Headquarters in the midst Printed Pages: 248., Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. New. The book is comprehensive, analytical and critical account of modern Indian history beginning with the foundation of the East India Company and going upto the publication of the White Paper of 1933. The Indian readers may not agree with all the views expressed in the book but would still find it highly interesting and useful. The book would be found of immense use by students, teachers and researchers of Indian History.BOOK V. 1845-1859 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. FIRST SIKH WAR II. SECOND SIKH WAR. THE PUNJAB TRADITION III. LORD DALHOUSIE’S ADMINISTRATION AND ANNEXATIONS IV. PEASANTS AND CRAFTSMEN UNDER THE COMPANY V. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MUTINY VI. THE MUTINY BOOK VI. 1859-1885 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. EFFECT OF THE MUTINY II. PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION III. DECLINE OF PATERNALISM IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND BURMA V. AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA BOOK VII. 1885-1914 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. BUREAUCRACY IN OPERATION II. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM III. THE FRONTIER AND TIBET IV. BUREAUCRACY ON THE DEFENSIVE V. REPRESSION AND CONCILIATION VI. ECONOMICS OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD BOOK VIII. 1914-1933 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS II. DYARCHY IN OPERATION III. PROGRESS BY CONFERENCE IV. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. ECONOMICS OF EARLY PART OF ADMINISTRATION APPENDIX B. MACAULAY’S MINUTE ON EDUCATION APPENDIX C. OPINIONS OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO APPENDIX D. GROWTH OF POPULATION APPENDIX E. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AND COMMUNAL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX Printed Pages: 336., Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. New. The book is comprehensive, analytical and critical account of modern Indian history beginning with the foundation of the East India Company and going upto the publication of the White Paper of 1933. The Indian readers may not agree with all the views expressed in the book but would still find it highly interesting and useful. The book would be found of immense use by students, teachers and researchers of Indian History.BOOK V. 1845-1859 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. FIRST SIKH WAR II. SECOND SIKH WAR. THE PUNJAB TRADITION III. LORD DALHOUSIE’S ADMINISTRATION AND ANNEXATIONS IV. PEASANTS AND CRAFTSMEN UNDER THE COMPANY V. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MUTINY VI. THE MUTINY BOOK VI. 1859-1885 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. EFFECT OF THE MUTINY II. PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION III. DECLINE OF PATERNALISM IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND BURMA V. AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA BOOK VII. 1885-1914 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. BUREAUCRACY IN OPERATION II. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM III. THE FRONTIER AND TIBET IV. BUREAUCRACY ON THE DEFENSIVE V. REPRESSION AND CONCILIATION VI. ECONOMICS OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD BOOK VIII. 1914-1933 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS II. DYARCHY IN OPERATION III. PROGRESS BY CONFERENCE IV. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. ECONOMICS OF EARLY PART OF ADMINISTRATION APPENDIX B. MACAULAY’S MINUTE ON EDUCATION APPENDIX C. OPINIONS OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO APPENDIX D. GROWTH OF POPULATION APPENDIX E. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AND COMMUNAL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX Printed Pages: 336., Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. New. The book is comprehensive, analytical and critical account of modern Indian history beginning with the foundation of the East India Company and going upto the publication of the White Paper of 1933. The Indian readers may not agree with all the views expressed in the book but would still find it highly interesting and useful. The book would be found of immense use by students, teachers and researchers of Indian History.BOOK V. 1845-1859 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. FIRST SIKH WAR II. SECOND SIKH WAR. THE PUNJAB TRADITION III. LORD DALHOUSIES ADMINISTRATION AND ANNEXATIONS IV. PEASANTS AND CRAFTSMEN UNDER THE COMPANY V. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MUTINY VI. THE MUTINY BOOK VI. 1859-1885 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. EFFECT OF THE MUTINY II. PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION III. DECLINE OF PATERNALISM IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND BURMA V. AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA BOOK VII. 1885-1914 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. BUREAUCRACY IN OPERATION II. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM III. THE FRONTIER AND TIBET IV. BUREAUCRACY ON THE DEFENSIVE V. REPRESSION AND CONCILIATION VI. ECONOMICS OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD BOOK VIII. 1914-1933 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS II. DYARCHY IN OPERATION III. PROGRESS BY CONFERENCE IV. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. ECONOMICS OF EARLY PART OF ADMINISTRATION APPENDIX B. MACAULAYS MINUTE ON EDUCATION APPENDIX C. OPINIONS OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO APPENDIX D. GROWTH OF POPULATION APPENDIX E. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AND COMMUNAL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX Printed Pages: 336. NA, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999, I B Tauris & Company/Viva Books Private Limited, 2009. Softcover. New. Reviews: ‘India’s rise to global prominence is no longer in question. Nor at this point is its cohesion as a nation state as the centrifugal forces of the 1980s dissipate. However, there is at least one corner of the Indian Union that remains troubled, fractious, violent and increasingly problematic - the North East. In this book, on the basis of exceptional scholarship and research, Dr. Upadhyay has enhanced our understanding of this fragile area. India will undoubtedly remain a global success story but this book is a timely remainder of an often forgotten area of insecurity and insurgency in South Asia’. Dr. Chris Smith, Security Analyst, Chatham House ‘India’s Fragile Borderlands successfully brings together factors that have a crucial bearing on the progress and outcome of insurgent conflicts with terrorism as a defining feature. Archana Upadhyay opens new perspectives on the linkages between domestic and foreign policies, ethnic conflicts in peripheral societies and the meaning of democracy. She explains politics in India’s North East with brilliant clarity, using historical facts, theoretical paradigms, personal experience and interactions with participants in the field to the full. Although rich in detail, the work is incisive in its analysis. This publication of this book is highly timely and will add to the scanty information available on this conflict-ridden region of India’. Devendra Kaushik, Emeritus Professor and author of Soviet Relations with India and Pakistan and Central Asia in Modern Times. Description : There is a danger in the West of viewing terrorism exclusively through the prism of 9/11. This ground-breaking examination of terrorism in North East India demonstrates how grave a mistake this is. The nature of terrorism is the subject of ever-increasing scrutiny and there are many lessons to be learned from India’s borderlands. Terrorism, fostered at first by post-colonial resentments, took root in the region because of an increased sense of cultural identity and perceived discrimination and exclusion by the Indian state. This book examines the long term effects of terrorism on the population of North East India - where the best-known conflict is the Naga tribe’s ongoing campaign for a greater Nagaland - as well as its international consequences. India’s Fragile Borderlands traces the development of terrorist groups within the region from small domestic groups to internationally connected and financed organizations. This comprehensive and penetrating study examines three major components of terrorism: the causes of terrorism, in their national, global and historical context; the nature and manifestations of this phenomenon in India’s noth-eastern fronties; and trends within counter-terrorism and security and their effectiveness, both within the region and internationally. India’s Fragile Borderlands offers a comprehensive study of the nature, origins and history of terrorism in India’s North East within an international perspective. Sharing borders with China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) and Bhutan, the region abounds in nationalist, separatist and even religious organizations that have used terrorism as a strategy to achieve their aims. Archana Upadhyay explores the complex and specific ideologies of these groups while highlighting the cross-border links and connections with organized crime that funds the violence in the region. This important new book includes many insights into the nature of terrorism in India’s northeastern frontiers and will be invaluable for students of politics, history and International Relations. Contents : Theorizing Terrorism: Attempts and Pitfalls: Introduction • Definitional debate • Motivating factors • Terrorism in contemporary international relations • Terrorism and insurgency • India’s North Eastern Borderlands and the Dynamics of Terr Printed Pages: 332., I B Tauris & Company/Viva Books Private Limited, 2009, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Gareth Stevens Incorporated, 1987. Hard cover binding. Part of Children of the World series. 64pp. Each title in this new series vividly brings to life the richness and variety of one child's part of the Candid photographs show children with their families, or school, at play, and in the community. The text describes their dreams and tells how they see themselves and their lives. And comprehensive reference sections feature a wealth of data about each country's history, geography, language, currency, education, culture, industry, and natural resources.. Reprint. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Gareth Stevens Incorporated, 1987<

2017, ISBN: 9781555321598

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Edinburgh: The Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1935. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 366 8vo. Published by the Scottish Rock Garden Club and arranged by a committee, consisting of R.E.Cooper,… Mehr…

Edinburgh: The Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1935. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 366 8vo. Published by the Scottish Rock Garden Club and arranged by a committee, consisting of R.E.Cooper, A.O.Curle and W.S.Fair. Includes map (excellent condition, not bound in) of Forrest's botanical expeditions on the borders of Burma, West Tibet and China. Condition notes: Foxing to external page edges, occasionally extending in to pages. A relevant newspaper cutting has been left in at page 1 of the Introduction (NOT pasted in) and there has been some resulting yellowing of that page. Otherwise, internally clean and bright., The Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1935, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015. Softcover. Brand new book. The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of BengalÑIndia, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and MalaysiaÑare home to one in four people on Earth. Crossing the Bay of Bengal places this region at the heart of world history for the first time. Integrating human and environmental history, and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil Amrith gives a revelatory and stirring new account of the Bay and those who have inhabited it. For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and then as a battleground for European empires, all while being shaped by the monsoons and by human migration. Imperial powers in the nineteenth century, abetted by the force of capital and the power of steam, reconfigured the Bay in their quest for coffee, rice, and rubber. Millions of Indian migrants crossed the sea, bound by debt or spurred by drought, and filled with ambition. Booming port cities like Singapore and Penang became the most culturally diverse societies of their time. By the 1930s, however, economic, political, and environmental pressures began to erode the Bay's centuries-old patterns of interconnection. Today, rising waters leave the Bay of Bengal's shores especially vulnerable to climate change, at the same time that its location makes it central to struggles over Asia's future. Amrith's evocative and compelling narrative of the region's pasts offers insights critical to understanding and confronting the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead. 368 pages, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches, 22 halftones, 3 maps. Sunil S. Amrith is Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History at Harvard University. "FascinatingÉ Although several books have been written about the strategic and geopolitical significance of the Indian OceanÉthere is little awareness of the cultural and historical ties that bind diverse nations bordering the bay. Amrith's signal achievement is to bring these ties to light. In doing so, he gives voiceÑand an identityÑto one of the most complex and culturally interesting regions of the worldÉ Amrith's excavation of this culture is painstaking and meticulous. He digs deep into the archives, drawing on journals, letters and official colonial records to assemble an account that dates back to the first millenniumÉ The result of all this research is a textured biography of a regionÉ This is a formidable work of scholarshipÉ It is the sheer accumulation of information, and the multiple, interwoven strands in this profoundly interdisciplinary work, that yield such an impressive, multifaceted portraitÉ [A] remarkable book."ÑAkash Kapur, The New York Times Book Review "Sunil Amrith consolidates his reputation for intellectual sophistication, a good historian's sensitivity to detail and a flair for large-scale tale-telling that produces work as page-turning as a novel. We are reminded that the Bay of Bengal, the world's largest, long stood at the heart of global trade and imperial historiesÑthe watery counterpart to the overland silk route that connected the Indian Ocean with Asia, Mediterranean societies and even South America via the flow of goods such as silver and pepperÉ Read this book for information, for convincing analytic nuance, as a humbling shake-up of one's worldview, and as a series of heart-stopping tales."ÑCaroline Osella, Times Higher Education "Sunil Amrith's astonishingly researched and lyrically written book evokes and showcases the toils, trials and fortunes of millions of Indians who have made the turbulent expanse of water from Trincomalee, Chennai and Vishakhapatnam to Calcutta, Chittagong, Rangoon, Penang, Malacca and Singapore their karm-bhoomi over the last several centuries. Crossing the Bay of Bengal is, in a very real sense, a life of that Bay itself, as it was buffeted and regulated by the monsoon winds during the long Age of Sail, then harnessed by steamships from the 1870s."ÑShahid Amin, Indian Express "In refocusing on the Bay and restoring a Braudelian sweep to its history, this nicely written and meticulously researched study could prove as timely as it is instructive."ÑJohn Keay, Literary Review "The highlight of thisÉbook is the way Amrith introduces the bay's early trade routes and encourages further reading into its ancient civilizationsÑfrom the medieval Hindu-Buddhist Srivijaya empire of Sumatra, who ruled much of Southeast Asia, to the powerful Chola (southern India) dynasty's thriving China trade. Such accounts reveal vibrant 'East-meets-West' business communities where Arab, Indian and, later, European ships moored alongside Chinese junks for cloth, spices, opium and Mexican silver. Amrith brings these images to life with clear maps and thoughtful research, such as the observations of Portuguese apothecary Tom Pires, who noted 84 languages 'from the Middle East to China' in early 16th-century Melaka. Equally engaging is the way Amrith portrays traders' study of the bay's monsoons, and how they intermarried with locals from across the bay to create hybrid cultures and architecture that embraced multiple beliefs and traditions."ÑWilliam Wadsworth, The South China Morning Post "Despite its many familial, religious, and commercial linkages, perhaps because of its lack of a unifying political structure the region has too often been pushed into the shadowsÉ The author weaves a richly vivid tapestry of a vast movement of people, principally South Indian laborers, sailing eastward across the bay to Burma, Malaysia, and SingaporeÉ Rising sea levels are making new geographical patterns to which the low coastal lands of the Bay of Bengal are especially susceptible. Amrith remarks that the ocean has changed more in the last 30 years than in all of human historyÉ Substantive and gracefully written."ÑJ. C. Perry, Choice "Amrith covers the historical background, the political and social world of the migrants, and the human suffering: the inhumanity of plantation life, disease and high mortality rates, and the aftermath of the crumbling of the European empires."ÑRavi Shenoy, Library Journal "Admirably ambitious yet eminently readable, Crossing the Bay of Bengal is one of the most engaging works of history to come my way in a long time."ÑAmitav Ghosh, writing at amitavghosh.com "Amrith uncovers new horizons in oceanic history as he sets sail with Tamil migrants across the turbulent waters of the Bay of Bengal. This exquisitely crafted book deftly traces the migratory patterns and cultural flows that connect South and Southeast Asia while demonstrating the power and limits of human agency in shaping the environmental destiny of the sea."ÑSugata Bose, author of His Majesty's Opponent "Exquisitely crafted and exhaustively researched, this book will become a classic in global and oceanic history. Few studies of world history can rival the breathtaking interdisciplinary reach and sheer narrative splendor of this book."ÑIsabel Hofmeyr, author of Gandhi's Printing Press "Reading this book is pure joy. Beautifully written, with lyrical tenderness and subtle concern for the voices of migrants, Crossing the Bay of Bengal portrays the history of the Bay transformed over epochs, from medieval times to the present, in all its environmental, economic, social, and political complexity."ÑDavid Ludden, author of India and South Asia: A Short History, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015, New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1947]. 12mo. 339 pp., plus 1 pp. publishers ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers, NF copy, w/ neat ownership label of Hiro Wakabayashi (1930-2017), Japanese-American and Korean War veteran on front flap. First Pocket Books paperback edition, No. 47, of this rousing tale of hunting animals in Burma, Sumatra, Tibet, Borneo, Africa, and other places around the globe for sale to zoos. Was released by RKO in 1932 as a pre-code jungle adventure documentary film., Pocket Books, Inc., Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. It is now fairly well known that Clement Attlee regarded the I.N.A. as a primary reason for the British to leave India in 1947 in a hurry, so it is unfortunate that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose`s contribution to the freedom of India is not suitable recognized, and even the mystery of his death is being totally ignored. Sixty years have passed and it is time that we must do justice to this exhilarating chapter of contemporary Indian history. This book tries to serve this purpose to an extent, about which Lt. Col. Lakshmi Sahgal writes: ""My colleague of the I.N.A. days in Burma, Lt. Manwati Arya ((nee Panday)... was introduced to Netaji in Rangoon by me... Her book is based on her personal experiences of him, portraying an authentic picture of his personality, his nature, and above all, the human aspect of his life, including his special consideration for women, comprising half of the nation`s strength. `She has seen him at work in the headquarters of his Government in Rangoon, in the war-time hazardous long journey from Rangoon to Maymyo traveling together with him including his entourage and a small contingent of the Rani Jhansi Regiment and also at the Advance Headquarters in the midst Printed Pages: 248., Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008, Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. It is now fairly well known that Clement Attlee regarded the I.N.A. as a primary reason for the British to leave India in 1947 in a hurry, so it is unfortunate that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose`s contribution to the freedom of India is not suitable recognized, and even the mystery of his death is being totally ignored. Sixty years have passed and it is time that we must do justice to this exhilarating chapter of contemporary Indian history. This book tries to serve this purpose to an extent, about which Lt. Col. Lakshmi Sahgal writes: ""My colleague of the I.N.A. days in Burma, Lt. Manwati Arya ((nee Panday)... was introduced to Netaji in Rangoon by me... Her book is based on her personal experiences of him, portraying an authentic picture of his personality, his nature, and above all, the human aspect of his life, including his special consideration for women, comprising half of the nation`s strength. `She has seen him at work in the headquarters of his Government in Rangoon, in the war-time hazardous long journey from Rangoon to Maymyo traveling together with him including his entourage and a small contingent of the Rani Jhansi Regiment and also at the Advance Headquarters in the midst Printed Pages: 248. NA, Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008, Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. It is now fairly well known that Clement Attlee regarded the I.N.A. as a primary reason for the British to leave India in 1947 in a hurry, so it is unfortunate that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose`s contribution to the freedom of India is not suitable recognized, and even the mystery of his death is being totally ignored. Sixty years have passed and it is time that we must do justice to this exhilarating chapter of contemporary Indian history. This book tries to serve this purpose to an extent, about which Lt. Col. Lakshmi Sahgal writes: "My colleague of the I.N.A. days in Burma, Lt. Manwati Arya ((nee Panday)... was introduced to Netaji in Rangoon by me... Her book is based on her personal experiences of him, portraying an authentic picture of his personality, his nature, and above all, the human aspect of his life, including his special consideration for women, comprising half of the nation`s strength. `She has seen him at work in the headquarters of his Government in Rangoon, in the war-time hazardous long journey from Rangoon to Maymyo traveling together with him including his entourage and a small contingent of the Rani Jhansi Regiment and also at the Advance Headquarters in the midst Printed Pages: 248., Lotus Press Publishers & Distributors, 2008, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. New. The book is comprehensive, analytical and critical account of modern Indian history beginning with the foundation of the East India Company and going upto the publication of the White Paper of 1933. The Indian readers may not agree with all the views expressed in the book but would still find it highly interesting and useful. The book would be found of immense use by students, teachers and researchers of Indian History.BOOK V. 1845-1859 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. FIRST SIKH WAR II. SECOND SIKH WAR. THE PUNJAB TRADITION III. LORD DALHOUSIE’S ADMINISTRATION AND ANNEXATIONS IV. PEASANTS AND CRAFTSMEN UNDER THE COMPANY V. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MUTINY VI. THE MUTINY BOOK VI. 1859-1885 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. EFFECT OF THE MUTINY II. PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION III. DECLINE OF PATERNALISM IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND BURMA V. AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA BOOK VII. 1885-1914 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. BUREAUCRACY IN OPERATION II. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM III. THE FRONTIER AND TIBET IV. BUREAUCRACY ON THE DEFENSIVE V. REPRESSION AND CONCILIATION VI. ECONOMICS OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD BOOK VIII. 1914-1933 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS II. DYARCHY IN OPERATION III. PROGRESS BY CONFERENCE IV. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. ECONOMICS OF EARLY PART OF ADMINISTRATION APPENDIX B. MACAULAY’S MINUTE ON EDUCATION APPENDIX C. OPINIONS OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO APPENDIX D. GROWTH OF POPULATION APPENDIX E. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AND COMMUNAL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX Printed Pages: 336., Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. New. The book is comprehensive, analytical and critical account of modern Indian history beginning with the foundation of the East India Company and going upto the publication of the White Paper of 1933. The Indian readers may not agree with all the views expressed in the book but would still find it highly interesting and useful. The book would be found of immense use by students, teachers and researchers of Indian History.BOOK V. 1845-1859 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. FIRST SIKH WAR II. SECOND SIKH WAR. THE PUNJAB TRADITION III. LORD DALHOUSIE’S ADMINISTRATION AND ANNEXATIONS IV. PEASANTS AND CRAFTSMEN UNDER THE COMPANY V. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MUTINY VI. THE MUTINY BOOK VI. 1859-1885 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. EFFECT OF THE MUTINY II. PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION III. DECLINE OF PATERNALISM IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND BURMA V. AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA BOOK VII. 1885-1914 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. BUREAUCRACY IN OPERATION II. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM III. THE FRONTIER AND TIBET IV. BUREAUCRACY ON THE DEFENSIVE V. REPRESSION AND CONCILIATION VI. ECONOMICS OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD BOOK VIII. 1914-1933 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS II. DYARCHY IN OPERATION III. PROGRESS BY CONFERENCE IV. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. ECONOMICS OF EARLY PART OF ADMINISTRATION APPENDIX B. MACAULAY’S MINUTE ON EDUCATION APPENDIX C. OPINIONS OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO APPENDIX D. GROWTH OF POPULATION APPENDIX E. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AND COMMUNAL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX Printed Pages: 336., Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. New. The book is comprehensive, analytical and critical account of modern Indian history beginning with the foundation of the East India Company and going upto the publication of the White Paper of 1933. The Indian readers may not agree with all the views expressed in the book but would still find it highly interesting and useful. The book would be found of immense use by students, teachers and researchers of Indian History.BOOK V. 1845-1859 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. FIRST SIKH WAR II. SECOND SIKH WAR. THE PUNJAB TRADITION III. LORD DALHOUSIES ADMINISTRATION AND ANNEXATIONS IV. PEASANTS AND CRAFTSMEN UNDER THE COMPANY V. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MUTINY VI. THE MUTINY BOOK VI. 1859-1885 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. EFFECT OF THE MUTINY II. PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION III. DECLINE OF PATERNALISM IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND BURMA V. AFGHANISTAN AND RUSSIA BOOK VII. 1885-1914 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. BUREAUCRACY IN OPERATION II. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM III. THE FRONTIER AND TIBET IV. BUREAUCRACY ON THE DEFENSIVE V. REPRESSION AND CONCILIATION VI. ECONOMICS OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD BOOK VIII. 1914-1933 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE I. THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS II. DYARCHY IN OPERATION III. PROGRESS BY CONFERENCE IV. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. ECONOMICS OF EARLY PART OF ADMINISTRATION APPENDIX B. MACAULAYS MINUTE ON EDUCATION APPENDIX C. OPINIONS OF SIR THOMAS MUNRO APPENDIX D. GROWTH OF POPULATION APPENDIX E. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AND COMMUNAL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX Printed Pages: 336. NA, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, 1999, I B Tauris & Company/Viva Books Private Limited, 2009. Softcover. New. Reviews: ‘India’s rise to global prominence is no longer in question. Nor at this point is its cohesion as a nation state as the centrifugal forces of the 1980s dissipate. However, there is at least one corner of the Indian Union that remains troubled, fractious, violent and increasingly problematic - the North East. In this book, on the basis of exceptional scholarship and research, Dr. Upadhyay has enhanced our understanding of this fragile area. India will undoubtedly remain a global success story but this book is a timely remainder of an often forgotten area of insecurity and insurgency in South Asia’. Dr. Chris Smith, Security Analyst, Chatham House ‘India’s Fragile Borderlands successfully brings together factors that have a crucial bearing on the progress and outcome of insurgent conflicts with terrorism as a defining feature. Archana Upadhyay opens new perspectives on the linkages between domestic and foreign policies, ethnic conflicts in peripheral societies and the meaning of democracy. She explains politics in India’s North East with brilliant clarity, using historical facts, theoretical paradigms, personal experience and interactions with participants in the field to the full. Although rich in detail, the work is incisive in its analysis. This publication of this book is highly timely and will add to the scanty information available on this conflict-ridden region of India’. Devendra Kaushik, Emeritus Professor and author of Soviet Relations with India and Pakistan and Central Asia in Modern Times. Description : There is a danger in the West of viewing terrorism exclusively through the prism of 9/11. This ground-breaking examination of terrorism in North East India demonstrates how grave a mistake this is. The nature of terrorism is the subject of ever-increasing scrutiny and there are many lessons to be learned from India’s borderlands. Terrorism, fostered at first by post-colonial resentments, took root in the region because of an increased sense of cultural identity and perceived discrimination and exclusion by the Indian state. This book examines the long term effects of terrorism on the population of North East India - where the best-known conflict is the Naga tribe’s ongoing campaign for a greater Nagaland - as well as its international consequences. India’s Fragile Borderlands traces the development of terrorist groups within the region from small domestic groups to internationally connected and financed organizations. This comprehensive and penetrating study examines three major components of terrorism: the causes of terrorism, in their national, global and historical context; the nature and manifestations of this phenomenon in India’s noth-eastern fronties; and trends within counter-terrorism and security and their effectiveness, both within the region and internationally. India’s Fragile Borderlands offers a comprehensive study of the nature, origins and history of terrorism in India’s North East within an international perspective. Sharing borders with China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) and Bhutan, the region abounds in nationalist, separatist and even religious organizations that have used terrorism as a strategy to achieve their aims. Archana Upadhyay explores the complex and specific ideologies of these groups while highlighting the cross-border links and connections with organized crime that funds the violence in the region. This important new book includes many insights into the nature of terrorism in India’s northeastern frontiers and will be invaluable for students of politics, history and International Relations. Contents : Theorizing Terrorism: Attempts and Pitfalls: Introduction • Definitional debate • Motivating factors • Terrorism in contemporary international relations • Terrorism and insurgency • India’s North Eastern Borderlands and the Dynamics of Terr Printed Pages: 332., I B Tauris & Company/Viva Books Private Limited, 2009, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Gareth Stevens Incorporated, 1987. Hard cover binding. Part of Children of the World series. 64pp. Each title in this new series vividly brings to life the richness and variety of one child's part of the Candid photographs show children with their families, or school, at play, and in the community. The text describes their dreams and tells how they see themselves and their lives. And comprehensive reference sections feature a wealth of data about each country's history, geography, language, currency, education, culture, industry, and natural resources.. Reprint. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine. 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Gareth Stevens Pub. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possi… Mehr…

Gareth Stevens Pub. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Gareth Stevens Pub<

ISBN: 9781555321598

Gareth Stevens Pub. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possi… Mehr…

Gareth Stevens Pub. Library Binding. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Gareth Stevens Pub<

1987, ISBN: 9781555321598

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