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Author Sharma, Jayeeta.

Title Empire's garden [electronic resource] : Assam and the making of India / Jayeeta Sharma.

Imprint Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 324 p.) : ill., maps.
Series Radical perspectives
Radical perspectives.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject British -- India -- Assam -- History -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- India -- Assam -- History.
Assam (India) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Other Form: Print version: Sharma, Jayeeta Empire's garden Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2011 9780822350323 0822350327 9780822350491 0822350491 (DLC) 2011006517 (OCoLC)699763578
ISBN 9780822394396 (electronic bk.)
0822394391 (electronic bk.)
9780822350323 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822350327 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822350491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822350491 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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