1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910265239203321

Autore

Sharma Jayeeta

Titolo

Empire's Garden [[electronic resource] ] : Assam and the Making of India

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25236-8

9786613252364

0-8223-9439-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Radical perspectives

Disciplina

954/.16203

Soggetti

British - History - 19th century - Assam - India

Tea trade - History - India - Assam

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

South Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910809233803321

Autore

Brammer Peter

Titolo

Schulentwicklung und Schulreform - konkret : Erste Dokumente der Konzeptentwicklung der Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg Gesamtschule IGS - Göttingen - Geismar. / / Peter Brammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen, Germany : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-7369-4947-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Disciplina

370.1931

Soggetti

Community and school

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia