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

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2012.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	HD9019.I32 K86 2012	AVAILABLE

Description	334 p.: cm.
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.
Subject(s)	Indigo industry -- India -- Bengal -- History.
	Plantations -- India -- Bengal -- History.
	Indigo -- India -- History.
	Crop science -- India -- History.
	Agriculture -- India -- History.
	India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.