Empire's Garden : Assam and the Making of India /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sharma, Jayeeta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tea trade > India > Assam > History.
British > India > Assam > History > 19th century.
Pflanzenbau.
Tee.
Sozialer Wandel.
Migration.
Kulturelle Identität.
South Asia.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
Kolonialismus
Teehandel
Teeanbau
Sozialer Wandel
Ahom
Einwanderung
Kulturelle Identität
Tea trade.
British.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
The > Commerce > Inde > Assam > Histoire.
Britanniques > Inde > Assam > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Assam (India) > History.
Assam.
Assam
India > Assam.
Assam (Inde) > Histoire.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nature's jungle, empire's garden
  • Borderlands, rice eaters, and tea growers
  • Migrants in the garden : expanding the frontier
  • Old lords and "improving" regimes
  • Bringing progress, restoring culture
  • Language and literature : framing identity
  • Contesting publics : raced communities and gendered history.

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