New Histories of the Andaman Islands

This Innovative Multidisciplinary Exploration Of The Unique History Of The Andaman Islands As A Hunter-Gatherer Society Colonial Penal Colony And State-Engineered Space Of Settlement And Development Ranges Across The Theoretical Conceptual And Thematic Concerns Of History Anthropology And Historical Geography. Covering The Entire Period Of Post-Settlement Andamans History From The First (Failed) British Occupation Of The Islands In The 1790S Up To The Year 2012 The Authors Examine Imperial Histories Of Expansion And Colonization Decolonization Anti-Colonialism And Nationalism Japanese Occupation Independence And Partition Migration Commemoration And Contemporary Issues Of Indigenous Welfare. New Histories Of The Andaman Islands Offers A New Way Of Thinking About The History Of South Asia And Will Be Thought-Provoking Reading For Scholars Of Settler Colonial Societies In Other Contexts As Well As Those Engaged In Studies Of Nationalism And Postcolonial State Formation Ecology Visual Cultures And The Politics Of Representation.