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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 November 2024
      23 January 2025
      ISBN:
      9781009446044
      9781009446099
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009446044
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 318 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History
      Series:
      Global South Asians
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History
    Series:
    Global South Asians
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    Based on various archival and non-archival records, oral testimonies and travel accounts, some of which are used for the first time, this book explores the historical migration of Bengalis and their diasporic experiences in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, covering a period from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Despite the tremendous historical mobility of the Bengalis in the Malay world and their contemporary salience, as reflected in the region's more-than-a-million-strong Bengali diaspora, their historical contribution remains almost unseen. This book addresses this lacuna by exploring the connections between Bengal and Malaya. The book further examines the formation of a Bengali social, political, economic and cultural space within the diverse South Asian diaspora during the colonial and postcolonial periods. The study contributes to the recent flourishing of mobility studies, cosmopolitanism, ethnic studies, connected histories and transnational histories in modern Asia.

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