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Author Kumar, Prakash, 1967-

Title Indigo plantations and science in colonial India / Prakash Kumar.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
©2012
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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The world of indigo plantations: diasporas and knowledge -- The course of colonial modernity: negotiating the landscape in Bengal -- Colony and the external arena: seeking validation in the market -- Local science: agricultural institutions in the age of nationalism -- The last stand in science and rationalization -- A lasting definition of improvement in the era of World War.
Summary Prakash Kumar documents the global history of agricultural indigo, exploring the effects of nineteenth-century globalisation on a colonial industry in South Asia.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject British Occupation of India (India : 1765-1947)
Indigo industry -- India -- Bengal -- History.
Indigo industry.
India -- Bengal.
History.
Plantations -- India -- Bengal -- History.
Plantations.
Indigo -- India -- History.
Indigo.
India.
Crop science -- India -- History.
Crop science.
Agriculture -- India -- History.
Agriculture.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
Chronological Term 1765-1947
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Kumar, Prakash, 1967- Indigo plantations and science in colonial India. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107023253 (DLC) 2012016494 (OCoLC)788262256
ISBN 9781139569200 (electronic book)
1139569201 (electronic book)
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9781283638722
9781139150910 (electronic book)
113915091X (electronic book)
9781139571012
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9781107023253
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