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Imperial Andamans : colonial encounter and island history
Imperial Andamans
Colonial Encounter and Island History
Aparna Vaidik
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Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
General Editors: Megan Vaughan, Kings’ College, Cambridge and Richard
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THE EMPIRE OF THE RAJ
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IMPERIALISM, DECOLONIZATION AND AFRICA
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REDEFINING THE BONDS OF COMMONWEALTH 1939–1948
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ENLIGHTENMENT, GOVERNANCE AND REFORM IN SPAIN AND ITS EMPIRE
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Michael Silvestri
IRELAND AND INDIA
Nationalism, Empire and Memory
John Singleton and Paul Robertson
ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AUSTRALASIA 1945–1970
Aparna Vaidik
IMPERIAL ANDAMANS
Colonial Encounter and Island History
Kim A. Wagner ( editor )
THUGGEE
Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India
Jon E. Wilson
THE DOMINATION OF STRANGERS
Modern Governance in Eastern India, 1780–1835
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Imperial Andamans
Colonial Encounter and Island History
Aparna Vaidik
Professor of History, Georgetown University, USA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vaidik, Aparna, 1975–
Imperial Andamans : colonial encounter and island history / Aparna
Vaidik.
p. cm. – (Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-230-57605-6 (hardback)
1. Andaman Islands (India)–History. 2. Andaman Islands
(India)–Colonization. 3. Andaman Islands (India)–Geography. 4.
Andaman Islands (India)–Environmental conditions. 5. Penal
colonies–India–Andaman Islands–History. 6. British–India–Andaman
Islands–History. 7. Great Britain–Colonies–Asia. I. Title.
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