TY - GEN AU - Vaidik, Aparna TI - Imperial Andamans: colonial encounter and island history SN - 9781349366057 U1 - 954.8803 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - India--Andaman Islands KW - British colonies KW - Penal colonies KW - Colonization KW - Geography KW - Ecology N1 - Includes notes, index and references N2 - This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230274884#about-this-book ER -