Indigo plantations and science in colonial India / Prakash Kumar, Colorado State University.

  • Kumar, Prakash, 1967-
Date:
2012
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Physical description

xix, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

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.

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    History of Medicine
    AT.23.AA8-9
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  • 9781107023253
  • 1107023254