Islanded : Britain, Sri Lanka, and the bounds of an Indian Ocean colony / Sujit Sivasundaram

Author: Sivasundaram, Sujit
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) : illustrations

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Contents

Introduction: paths through mountains and seas -- Peoples -- Trade -- Scholars -- Sites -- Gardens -- Land -- Medicine -- Publics -- Conclusion: convolutions of space and time.

Summary

'Islanded' makes a critical contribution to our understanding of South Asian and Indian ocean history and provides a novel lens through which to review both the British taking of and departure from India. Using a wealth of colonial and indigenous documents, Sujit Sivasundaram makes an intriguing argument that during the first phases of their rule, the British undertook an unfinished process of severing or 'partitioning' Sri Lanka from the mainland, so emphasizing its Buddhist and Sinhala character.

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ISBN

022603836X (electronic bk.)
9780226038360 (electronic bk.)
9780226038223 (cloth ; alk. paper)
022603822X (cloth ; alk. paper)
1299784674 (ebk.)
9781299784673 (ebk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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