England Re-Oriented: How Central and South Asian Travelers Imagined the West, 1750–1857
- ISBN-10
- 1108495648
- ISBN-13
- 9781108495646
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-19
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Humberto Garcia
Description
Between 1750 and 1857, westward-bound Central and South Asian travelers connected imperial Britain to Persian Indo-Eurasia by performing queer masculinities.
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