Medieval Seafarers of India - Softcover

Lakshmi Subramanian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8174364102 ISBN 13: 9788174364104

Publisher: Roli Books Pvt Ltd, 2005

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About this title

Synopsis:

"Medieval Seafarers" attempts to explore the dimensions of Indian seafaring from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, a period of striking change and growth for the trade and traders of the Indian Ocean. The vitality and resilience of Indian seafaring, attested by both tradition and historical experience, is set against the growing colonial domination that changed the contours of the traditional maritime world. The interplay of colonial domination and indigenous enterprise found echoes in literature and popular traditions, examples of which are woven into the narrative tapestry of the book.

About the Author:

Born in Calcutta in 1955, Lakshmi Subramanian is currently Reader in the Department of History, Calcutta University. Her field of specialisation is Economic and Social History of Western India in the Eighteenth and Nienteenth Centuries, with special reference to business communities. She has a number of publications to her credit. Her recent monograph, Indigenous Capital and Imperial Expansion in Bombay, Surat and the West Coast (1966) was relased by Oxford University Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Roli Books Pvt Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 8174364102
• ISBN 13: 9788174364104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152