A South-Asian History of Britain: Four Centuries of Peoples from the Indian Sub-Continent

by Michael H. Fisher

People from India have been coming to Britain - risking their lives in voyages across the 'Kala Pani' (Black waters) - since the beginning of the seventeenth century. Their story has both grand historical sweep and the intimate drama of individual lives. They came as sailors, servants, wives, merchants, ambassadors and scholars, sometimes for betterment or profit, sometimes for adventure, and sometimes for justice. Occasionally, they became famous,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184645008X
• ISBN13: 9781846450082
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"