Sharma, Jayeeta.

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.

9780822350323 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822350491 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2011006517


British--History--India--Assam--19th century.
Tea trade--History.--India--Assam


Assam (India)--History.

DS485.A88 / S537 2011

954.16203 SHA