Empire's garden : Assam and the making of India /
Jayeeta Sharma.
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011.
- xiii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Radical perspectives .
- Radical perspectives. .
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.