By Shanti Moorthy,Ashraf Jamal

ISBN-10: 0415648475

ISBN-13: 9780415648479

ISBN-10: 041580390X

ISBN-13: 9780415803908

The Indian Ocean is famously often called the "cradle of globalization," because it facilitated cultural and monetary exchanges among Africa, the Arab international, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and China, for 5000 years ahead of eu presence within the quarter. As this ocean's importance has received expanding recognition from students lately, few have tested the 'human' dimensions in Indian Ocean exchanges. together with the paintings of historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts, every one essay during this quantity addresses a particular human issue, reminiscent of the destiny of the creole within the Bay of Bengal, creolization as a globalized phenomenon, migrancy and diaspora, the lives of seafarers then and now, and the lives of these who inhabit the ocean's littoral. This quantity is an important addition to the sphere of Indian Ocean experiences.

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