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Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants
By Amrith, Sunil S.
- ISBN
- 9780674724839
- Publisher
- Harvard Univ.
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Reviewed on September 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
The central premise of Amrith's (modern Asian history, Birkbeck Coll., Univ. of London) work is that the countries in the littoral of the Bay of Bengal have been "shaped by migration" and are ethnically diverse. His focus is on migrations from the eastern coast of India, particularly the Tamil migration to Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, and Sri Lanka. Trade links between India and Southeast Asia flour...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
