The City and the Wilderness, 29 - (California World History Library) by Arash Khazeni (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The City and the Wilderness tells the story of a lost world of encounters. It recounts the journeys and micro-histories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their contacts with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral during the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under mounting British colonial rule, Indo-Persian travelers and intermediaries linked to the East India Company explored and surveyed the Burmese Empire, inscribing it as a forest landscape and Buddhist kingdom at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. Revealing an archive of colonial Persian travel books and narratives in which Indo-Persian knowledge and perceptions of the wondrous edges of the Indian Ocean merged with the Orientalist pursuits of the East India Company, The City and the Wilderness uncovers the fading histories of inter-Asian crossings and exchanges at the ends of the Mughal world"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>The City and the Wilderness</i> recounts the journeys and microhistories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their encounters with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral at the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under British colonial rule, Indo-Persian travelers and intermediaries linked to the East India Company explored and surveyed the Burmese Empire, inscribing it as a forest landscape and Buddhist kingdom at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. Based on colonial Persian travel books and narratives in which Indo-Persian knowledge and perceptions of the wondrous edges of the Indian Ocean merged with Orientalist pursuits, <i>The City and the Wilderness</i> uncovers fading histories of inter-Asian crossings and exchanges at the ends of the Mughal world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Recent years have seen a revival in the history of the early modern Indo-Persian world, largely focused on the Mughal Empire and the Deccan. Arash Khazeni's <i>The City and the Wilderness</i> is a novel and innovative contribution to this literature, but one which largely focuses on the eastern fringes of this world, especially mainland Southeast Asia. Through a close and masterful reading of texts and their accompanying images, Khazeni demonstrates his unique capacity for bringing together cultural, social, and environmental histories."--Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of <i>Europe's India: Words, People, Empires, 1500-1800</i> <p/> "Khazeni brilliantly captures his travelers' enchanted encounters with the world of the Indo-Persian Burmese frontier. Unique and riveting. An exceptionally rare display of comprehensive scholarship that never loses the voices, the flavor, the magic, and the astonishment of the discovery of an uncharted new world of cultures and nature. Rich with both illustrations and historical implications for contemporary Burma."--James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of <i>Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States</i><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Arash Khazeni</b> is Professor of History at Pomona College and the author of <i>Sky Blue Stone: The Turquoise Trade in World History</i>.
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