The City and the Wilderness: Indo-Persian Encounters in Southeast Asia Volume 29

by Arash Khazeni

Book Overview

The City and the Wilderness recounts the journeys and microhistories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their encounters with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral at the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520289692
• ISBN13: 9780520289697
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"