02548 am 22006253u 450 991026523920332120210108153547.01-283-25236-897866132523640-8223-9439-1(CKB)2550000000063063(EBL)1173000(OCoLC)753324139(SSID)ssj0000536202(PQKBManifestationID)11341994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536202(PQKBWorkID)10546701(PQKB)11472380(MiAaPQ)EBC1173000(EXLCZ)99255000000006306320131216d2011|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmpire's Garden[electronic resource] Assam and the Making of IndiaDurham Duke University Press20111 online resource (345 p.)Radical perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8223-5032-7 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; IndexA 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.Radical perspectivesBritishHistory19th centuryAssamIndiaTea tradeHistoryIndiaAssamRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCSouth AsiaHILCCElectronic books.BritishHistoryTea tradeHistoryRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHistory & ArchaeologySouth Asia954/.16203Sharma Jayeeta929888AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910265239203321Empire's Garden2091057UNINA