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Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka Wickramasinghe, Nira, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies
Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka
Wickramasinghe, Nira, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies
Nira Wickramasinghe uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world, exploring moments of revolt in the lives of enslaved people in Sri Lanka in the wake of abolition. Slave in a Palanquin offers a vital new portrait of the local and transnational worlds of the colonial-era Asian slave trade in the Indian Ocean.
312 pages, 13 b&w illustrations, 5 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 17, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231197632 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 451 × 20 mm · 434 g |