Empire''s Garden - Assam and the Making of India

Informationen zum Autor Jayeeta Sharma is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Note on Orthography and Usage xiv Introduction 1 Part I. Making a Garden 23 1. Nature's Jungle, Empire's Garden 25 2. Borderlands, Rice Eaters, and Tea Growers 49 3. Migrants in the Garden: Expanding the Frontier 79 Part II. Improving Assam, Making India 117 4. Old Lords and "Improving" Regimes 119 5. Bringing Progress, Restoring Culture 147 6. Language and Literature: Framing Identity 177 7. Contesting Publics: Raced Communities and Gendered History 205 Conclusion 234 Notes 243 Glossary 273 Bibliography 277 Index 311

Product details

• Authors: Jayeeta Sharma, Jayeeta Walkowitz Sharma, Daniel J. Walkowitz, Barbara Weinstein
• Assisted by: Daniel J. Walkowitz (Editor), Barbara Weinstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2011
• EAN: 9780822350491
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5049-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Radical Perspectives; Radical Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous