A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries
Author: John Crawfurd
Publisher: London : Bradbury & Evans
Published: 1856
Total Pages: 492
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Author: John Crawfurd
Publisher: London : Bradbury & Evans
Published: 1856
Total Pages: 492
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Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020685781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrawfurd's detailed dictionary provides valuable information on the geography, customs, and culture of the Indian islands and neighboring countries. He provides detailed descriptions of the people, their languages, and their way of life, as well as insights into the political and social issues of the time. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and culture of Southeast Asia. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: John Crawfurd
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Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780371147351
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author: James Richardson Logan
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 428
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tony O'Dempsey
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 2014-03-20
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9971697904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social, and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration, and nation-building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the city, and written by botanists, historians, anthropologists, and naturalists examines how humans have interacted with and understood the natural environment on a small island in Southeast Asia over the past 200 years, and conversely how this environment has influenced humans. Between the chapters are travelers' accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. In this regard, Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore provides new insights into the Singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.
Author: James Richardson Logan
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 534
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kingsley Bolton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-09-09
Total Pages: 930
ISBN-13: 1118791797
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics The first volume of its kind, focusing on the sociolinguistic and socio-political issues surrounding Asian Englishes The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally-recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field. Edited by internationally renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more. Examines linguistic history, contemporary linguistic issues, and English in the Outer and Expanding Circles of Asia Focuses on the rapidly-growing complexities of English throughout Asia Includes reviews of the new frontiers of research in Asian Englishes, including the impact of globalization and popular culture Presents an innovative survey of Asian Englishes in one comprehensive volume Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas. Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics
Author: Thongchai Winichakul
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2021-05-25
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0824841298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped challenges much that has been written on Thai history because it demonstrates convincingly that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic.