{"product_id":"merchants-and-ports-in-the-radhika-seshan-9781032248271","title":"Merchants and Ports in the Indian Ocean World: Across Sea and Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and cultural exchanges across time and space. This book and its companion, \u003ci\u003eConnecting the Indian Ocean World \u003c\/i\u003eexplore these connections around the wider Indian Ocean world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book looks at the extensive range of maritime networks that criss-crossed pre-modern Asia and the Indian Ocean region connecting ports, peoples and cultures. It explores the connected histories of these regions and the movement of merchants, commodities and money which created the multi-cultural and cosmopolitan port cities like Surat and Nagasaki. With contributions from Indian and Japanese scholars, the volume analyses travellers' accounts and trade routes between Japan and India, offering insights into how maritime movement shaped culture, politics and the social life of people in the most populated and productive regions of the world in the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in archival material, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Indian Ocean history, maritime history, economic and commercial history, Asian and South Asian history and social anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Radhika Seshan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032248270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032248271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d","brand":"Radhika Seshan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087501242623,"sku":"9781032248271","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea0c9e5b-cdaf-499e-9e5d-f26d57bbc2cb.jpg?v=1769100423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/merchants-and-ports-in-the-radhika-seshan-9781032248271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}