Yunnan–Burma–Bengal Corridor Geographies

This book explores the historical interconnections between Bengal Burma and Yunnan (China) and views the corridor as a transregion that exhibits mobility connectivity and diversity as well as place-based ecogeological uniqueness. With a focus on the concept of corridor geographies that have shared human and environmental histories beyond sharply demarcated territorial sovereignties of modern individual nation-states it presents the variety and complexity of premodern and modern pathways corridors borders and networks of livelihood-making local political alliances trade and commerce religions political systems and colonial encounters. The book discusses crucial themes including environmental edgings of human-nonhuman habitats transregional migratory routes and habitats of megafauna elephant corridors in Yunnan–Myanmar–Bengal landscape framing spaces between India and China Tibetan–Myanmar corridors transboundary river systems narratives of a Rohingya jade trader cross-border flow of De’ang’s fermented tea householding in upland Laos cultural identities and trans-border livelihoods.. Comprehensive and topical with its wide-ranging case studies this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of history routes and border studies sociology and social anthropology South East Asian history South Asian history Chinese studies environmental history human geography international relations ecology and cultural studies.