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The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia

Name: The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 9781503644946
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Contributors:

Iftekhar Iqbal

Publisher:

Stanford University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History

Book Subcategory:

Asia, Historical Geography

Book Topic:

Southeast Asia

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Release Date:

12/2/2025

ISBN 13:

9781503644946

Weight:

0.9 lbs

Size:

8.82 x 5.91 x 0.71 inches

Pages:

272

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Spanning nearly 4 million square kilometers, the Tibetan river system--including the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangzi--forms the largest contiguous network of rivers on the planet, stretching across eastern South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China. The Range of the River uncovers the entwined histories of these vast waterways and the empires, human actors, and other-than-human forces that have shaped Asia since the 1850s. Both ethnodiverse and biodiverse, these rivers were more than contested imperial spaces--they were also channels of communal and material exchange, linking near and distant contact zones. They fostered connections across Asia, driving commerce, mobility, and cultural encounters that transformed them into shared, living commons bridging societies, political powers, and economic interests.

Tracing six major rivers across eight countries, Iftekhar Iqbal argues that these river systems formed the core of a discursive space where empires, regional political forces, ethnic groups, boaters, peddlers, explorers, merchants, and mules encountered each other in layered meanings and movements. This groundbreaking book reimagines the river not as merely a tool of empire but as a dynamic force in itself, shaping a truly transregional Asia. By weaving together diverse riverine life-worlds, The Range of the River invites us to rethink Asia's spatial history.

About the Author
Iftekhar Iqbal is Associate Professor of History at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia

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