Offers 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.
| ISBN: | 9780295993836 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2014 |
| Author: | David Arnold |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Series: | Culture, Place, and Nature |
| Genres: |
Ethnic studies Social and cultural history Travel |