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Shorelines
Space and Rights in South India
Ajantha Subramanian
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Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
© 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights
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No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information
storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Terminology xiii
Introduction 1
Part 1 Genealogies of Inequality and Rights
1 The Coastal World: Spatial Jurisdictions and Meanings 35
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Notes 257
Bibliography 271
Index 293
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Illustrations
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1 Main coastal villages, Kanyakumari District xvi
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1 Fishing village church, Kanyakumari District 34
2 Kattumarams on shore 65
3 Trawling boats 102
4 Women fish vendors on the shore 142
5 Vallam with outboard motor 170
6 Chinnamuttom harbor 205
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Acknowledgments
As with mAny AcAdemic books, this one too has been a long time in coming and
has accrued many debts along the way. I researched and wrote this book with
support from the SSRC-Macarthur Program in International Peace and Secu-
rity, the Mellon Foundation, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, and
the Rockefeller Foundation. I am grateful for permission to use the resources
of numerous libraries and archives: India Office Library, London; London
Missionary Society archive, SOAS, London; Tamilnadu Archives, Chennai;
Tamilnadu Department of Fisheries, Chennai; International Collective in Sup-
port of Fishworkers, Chennai; Kanyakumari District Department of Fisheries,
Nagercoil; Kottar Bishop’s House, Nagercoil; Kanyakumari District Collector-
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ser sth Studies, Trivandrum; Programme for Community Organization, Trivandrum;
gir llA South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies, Trivandrum; Kerala State Ar-
.sse chive, Trivandrum; National Fishworkers Forum, Trivandrum.
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ytisre Orin Starn, David Gilmartin, Katherine Ewing, and Irene Silverblatt. Orin
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