Crossing the Bay of Bengal. The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants
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30 Sep 2013
The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of BengalIndia, Bangladesh, Burma (sic) now Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysiaare 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 new account of the Bay and those who have inhabited it.
Author: Amrith, S.S.
Organizer: Harvard University Press
Location: Cambridge, MA (USA)