| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 244 pages): illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The California world history library
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California world history library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Indo-Persian encounters in Southeast Asia -- Offshore -- Of elephants, rubies, and teak -- Immortal city -- Forest worlds -- In the wilderness of Pali -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"The City and the Wilderness tells the story of a lost world of encounters. It recounts the journeys and micro-histories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their contacts with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral during the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under mounting 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 kingdom at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. Revealing an archive of colonial Persian travel books and narratives in which Indo-Persian knowledge and perceptions of the wondrous edges of the Indian Ocean merged with the Orientalist pursuits of the East India Company, The City and the Wilderness uncovers the fading histories of inter-Asian crossings and exchanges at the ends of the Mughal world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Burma -- History -- 18th century.
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Imperialism -- Social aspects. |
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Burma. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Imperialism. |
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Burma -- Description and travel.
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India -- Description and travel.
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India. |
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Iran -- Description and travel.
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Iran. |
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HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia. |
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Travel. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Khazeni, Arash. The city and the wilderness Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520289680 (DLC) 2019045358 |
| ISBN |
9780520964266 electronic book |
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0520964268 electronic book |
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9780520289680 hardcover |
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9780520289697 paperback |
| Standard No. |
16722448 |
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