Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The ‘Oceanic Turn’ and the Indian Ocean: Maritime Criticism, Cosmopolitanism and Nineteenth-Century Oceanic Culture

Chapter 3 Of Coolies, Lascars and the Kala Pani: Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies (2008)

Chapter 4 Of Hongs, Achhas and Fanqui-Town: Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke (2011)

Chapter 5 Of Buchas, Opium Wars and the Kali Yuga: Amitav Ghosh’s Flood of Fire (2015)