Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India

Informationen zum Autor Prakash Kumar is Assistant Professor of South Asian History at Colorado State University. Klappentext Prakash Kumar documents the global history of agricultural indigo, exploring the effects of nineteenth-century globalisation on a colonial industry in South Asia. Zusammenfassung Prakash Kumar documents the history of agricultural indigo! exploring the effects of globalisation on a colonial industry in South Asia! from its peasants' traditions in the early modern period through the nineteenth century when indigo culture became more modern and science-based! to its decline after the end of the First World War! when synthetic indigo became more widely used. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the odyssey of indigo; 1. The world of indigo plantations: diasporas and knowledge; 2. The course of colonial modernity: negotiating the landscape in Bengal; 3. Colony and the external arena: seeking validation in the market; 4. Local science: agricultural institutions in the age of nationalism; 5. The last stand in science and rationalization; 6. A lasting definition of improvement in the era of world war.

Product details

• Authors: Prakash Kumar, Prakash (Colorado State University) Kumar, Prakash P. Kumar, Kumar Prakash
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107023253
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02325-3
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SCIENCE / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, India, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Science, Colonialism and imperialism, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history