DOAJ
Open Access
2019
Planting 'Improvement': Tea in British India
Arnab Dey
Abstrak
This paper provides a critical reflection on the operational logic, ideological inconsistencies, and material fallout of the tea plantation economy of northeastern India, a large-scale commercial enterprise that induced transformative changes to the region's biosocial landscape for a century and more. Unlike existing works on the subject, however, this study focuses on agro-economic ideology – namely the relationship between the crop and its built environment – to highlight the impact of tea on labor, disease ecology, and modernist parables of "progress" in British East India.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
A
Arnab Dey
Akses Cepat
Informasi Jurnal
- Tahun Terbit
- 2019
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.25365/oezg-2019-30-3-4
- Akses
- Open Access ✓