"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 sovereignt...

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1. Verfasser:	Khazeni, Arash 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Berkeley University of California Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:	The California world history library 29
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1770-1830 Fremdbild Kulturkontakt Handel Myanmar Indien Imperialism / Social aspects / Burma / History / 18th century Burma / Description and travel India / Description and travel Iran / Description and travel Imperialism / Social aspects Travel Burma India Iran 1700-1799 History
Zusammenfassung:	"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"--
Beschreibung:	xv, 244 Seiten 28 Illustrationen und Portraits, 2 Karten 23 cm
ISBN:	9780520289697 9780520289680