{"product_id":"indian-ocean-histories-the-many-worlds-of-michael-naylor-pearson-paperback","title":"Indian Ocean Histories: The Many Worlds of Michael Naylor Pearson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRila Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRadhika Seshan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of global history, modern history, maritime history, medieval history, Indian history, colonial history and world history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRila Mukherjee\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor, Department of History, University of Hyderabad, India. She works on spatial categories in the eastern Indian Ocean, especially in the northern Bay of Bengal, comprising the coasts of northern Odisha and West Bengal in India, littoral Bangladesh and Arakan. Her most recent publications are the co-edited \u003ci\u003eSubversive Sovereigns Across the Sea: Indian Ocean Ports-of-Trade from Early Historic Times to Late Colonialism \u003c\/i\u003e(2017); the book chapter 'Silver-Links! Bagan-Bengal and Shadowy Metal Corridors: 9th to 13th Centuries' in Yian, Miksic and Aung-Thwin (eds), \u003ci\u003eBagan and the World: Early Myanmar and its Global Connections \u003c\/i\u003e(2018); and articles in \u003ci\u003eTopoi\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Maritime History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAsian Review of World Histories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadhika Seshan is a professor and the head of the Department of History, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India where she has worked since 1996. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrade and Politics on the Coromandel Coast \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eIdeas and Institutions in Medieval India \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). Her most recent publications are the edited volumes \u003ci\u003eNarratives, Routes and Intersections in the Pre-Modern Asian World\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eRe-searching Transition in Indian History\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Shraddha Kumbhojkar, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786694066464,"sku":"9780367784591","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d7e5699111a9ffec5145c0cf82505a56.webp?v=1780637909","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/indian-ocean-histories-the-many-worlds-of-michael-naylor-pearson-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}