E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten
Reihe: Radical Perspectives
Sharma Empire's Garden
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9439-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Assam and the Making of India
E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten
Reihe: Radical Perspectives
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9439-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.
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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




