In the Malay World: A Spatial History of a Bengali Transnational Community - Rilegato

Gazi Mizanur Rahman

 
9781009446099: In the Malay World: A Spatial History of a Bengali Transnational Community
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 1009446096 ISBN 13: 9781009446099
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Based on various archival and non-archival records, oral testimonies and travel accounts, some of which are used for the first time, this book explores the historical migration of Bengalis and their diasporic experiences in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, covering a period from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Despite the tremendous historical mobility of the Bengalis in the Malay world and their contemporary salience, as reflected in the region's more-than-a-million-strong Bengali diaspora, their historical contribution remains almost unseen. This book addresses this lacuna by exploring the connections between Bengal and Malaya. The book further examines the formation of a Bengali social, political, economic and cultural space within the diverse South Asian diaspora during the colonial and postcolonial periods. The study contributes to the recent flourishing of mobility studies, cosmopolitanism, ethnic studies, connected histories and transnational histories in modern Asia.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2025
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1009446096
ISBN 13 
9781009446099
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
318
Contatto del produttore
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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