Empire's garden : Assam and the making of India

Sharma, Jayeeta

Empire's garden : Assam and the making of India by Jayeeta Sharma - Durham : Duke University Press, ©2011 - xiii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Nature's jungle, empire's garden 2. Borderlands, rice eaters, and tea growers 3. Migrants in the garden : expanding the frontier 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

9780822350491


British India
Tea trade - Assam, India

954.162 / SHA-E
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