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

• Autore: Sharma Jayeeta
• Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 954/.16203
• Soggetto topico: British - History - 19th century - Assam - India; Tea trade - History - India - Assam; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East; History & Archaeology; South Asia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Empire's Garden
• ISBN: 1-283-25236-8; 9786613252364; 0-8223-9439-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910265239203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Radical perspectives