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OverviewOffers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the tropical world. Arnold considers the ways in which India's material environment became increasingly subject to the colonial understanding of landscape and nature, and to the scientific scrutiny of itinerant naturalists. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David John Arnold , K. SivaramakrishnanPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780295993836ISBN 10: 0295993839 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 01 June 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Itinerant Empire 2. In a Land of Death 3. Romanticism and Improvement 4. From the Orient to the Tropics 5. Networks and Knowledges 6. Botany and the Bounds of Empire Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews""Arnold deftly untangles and analyses the nature of the connections between literary representations of the land, the development of botanical knowledge, and the consolidation of colonial power."" -Times Literary Supplement ""A rich study of changing British perceptions of India... Arnold's arguments about how scientific travelers of the early nineteenth century reimagined India as a place of death and tropicality are nuanced and powerful."" -Environmental History Arnold deftly untangles and analyses the nature of the connections between literary representations of the land, the development of botanical knowledge, and the consolidation of colonial power. -Times Literary Supplement A rich study of changing British perceptions of India... Arnold's arguments about how scientific travelers of the early nineteenth century reimagined India as a place of death and tropicality are nuanced and powerful. -Environmental History Author InformationDavid Arnold is professor of the history of South Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the author of a number of books, including Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India and The Problem of Nature: Environment, Culture, and European Expansion. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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