Brewing trouble or transforming nature making of tea plantation environments in assam 1830s 1930s

Abstract

Tea plantations in Assam brought about significant modifications in the physical environment along with the well documented socio economic and political transformations The thesis explores the making and un making of tea plantations 8482 environments in colonial Assam India from 1830s to the 1930s The emergence of tea as an industry in Assam coincided with the simultaneous initiation growth and influx of intellectual or scientific discourses which included agricultural expertise practical 339...