Crossing the Bay of Bengal (Record no. 69182)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674724839
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 304.809 AMR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Amrith, Sunil S.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Crossing the Bay of Bengal
Remainder of title : The furies of nature and the fortunes of migrants
Statement of responsibility, etc / Sunil S. Amrith.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge, Massachusetts
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Harvard University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2013.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 353 p.
Dimensions ; 26 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book places the Bay of Bengal at the center of Asian and global history. Sunil S. Amrith argues that the Bay of Bengal has long been a region connected by migration, trade, culture, and environmental forces. The book integrates human history with environmental history to explain how monsoons, storms, rivers, and the sea shaped the lives of millions of people.<br/><br/>A major focus is the large-scale migration of people across the Bay between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Millions of Indians, particularly from South India, moved to places such as Burma (Myanmar), Malaya, Singapore, and Sri Lanka in search of work and opportunity. The book examines their experiences, the growth of multicultural port cities, plantation labor systems, and the social and economic networks that connected South and Southeast Asia.<br/><br/>The author also explores the impact of colonialism, global capitalism, and technological changes such as steamships on regional mobility. By the 1930s, economic crises, nationalism, and changing political boundaries weakened many of the older patterns of movement and exchange.<br/><br/>In its final sections, the book addresses contemporary concerns such as climate change, rising sea levels, environmental vulnerability, and the future of the Bay of Bengal region. It argues that understanding the region's interconnected past is essential for addressing Asia's future challenges.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Bay of Bengal Region--History
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental history
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 09/06/2026   304.809 AMR VC429 09/06/2026 09/06/2026 VC Office Books Books Received from VC office
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