New histories of the Andaman Islands : landscape, place and identity in the Bay of Bengal, 1790-2012/

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An innovative, multidisciplinary study of the historical development of the Andaman Islands, from 1790 to the year 2012. Combining approaches and methodologies from history and anthropology, the authors explore the theme of landscape, analyzing the transformation of space into place, and the making...

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Main Author: Anderson, Clare
Other Authors: Mazumdar, Madhumita, Pandya, Vishvajit
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: United Kingdom : Cambridge University , 2016
Subjects:
Andaman Islands (India) -- History. > Andaman Islands (India) -- Historiography. > Ethnicity -- India -- Andaman Islands.
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