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Autore |
Sharma Jayeeta |
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Titolo |
Empire's Garden [[electronic resource] ] : Assam and the Making of India |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-25236-8 |
9786613252364 |
0-8223-9439-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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British - History - 19th century - Assam - India |
Tea trade - History - India - Assam |
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East |
History & Archaeology |
South Asia |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Illustration Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography and Usage; Maps; Introduction; Part I: Making a Garden; 1. Nature's Jungle, Empire's Garden; 2. Borderlands, Rice Eaters, and Tea Growers; 3. Migrants in the Garden: Expanding the Frontier; Part II: Improving Assam, Making India; 4. Old Lords and ''Improving'' Regimes; 5. Bringing Progress, Restoring Culture; 6. Language and Literature: Framing Identity; 7. Contesting Publics: Raced Communities and Gendered History; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A history of the colonial tea plantation regime in Assam, which brought more than one million migrants to the region in northeast India, irrevocably changing the social landscape. |
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