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Devika Shankar - “An Encroaching Sea”

Devika Shankar - “An Encroaching Sea”

Update: 2025-09-25
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Prof. Devika Shankar (The University of Hong Kong) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her new book, An encroaching sea : nature, sovereignty and development at the edge of British India 1860-1950(Cambridge University Press, 2025).


 


Scholar profile: https://history.hku.hk/staff-d-shankar/


 


Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-encroaching-sea/F95A7CEFEDC145611A2E27DC2751A5D7


 


The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”


 


Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con.

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Devika Shankar - “An Encroaching Sea”

Devika Shankar - “An Encroaching Sea”

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