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    7. Contesting Publics Raced Communities and Gendered History
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        Jayeeta Sharma
        
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Illustration: Acknowledgments xiv
- Note on Orthography and Usage xv
- Maps xvi
- Introduction 1
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                            I. Making a Garden
- 1. Nature’s Jungle, Empire’s Garden 25
- 2. Borderlands, Rice Eaters, and Tea Growers 49
- 3. Migrants in the Garden: Expanding the Frontier 79
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                            II. Improving Assam, Making India
- 4. Old Lords and ‘‘Improving’’ Regimes 119
- 5. Bringing Progress, Restoring Culture 147
- 6. Language and Literature: Framing Identity 177
- 7. Contesting Publics Raced Communities and Gendered History 205
- Conclusion 234
- Notes 243
- Glossary 273
- Bibliography 277
- Index 311
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Illustration: Acknowledgments xiv
- Note on Orthography and Usage xv
- Maps xvi
- Introduction 1
- 
                            I. Making a Garden
- 1. Nature’s Jungle, Empire’s Garden 25
- 2. Borderlands, Rice Eaters, and Tea Growers 49
- 3. Migrants in the Garden: Expanding the Frontier 79
- 
                            II. Improving Assam, Making India
- 4. Old Lords and ‘‘Improving’’ Regimes 119
- 5. Bringing Progress, Restoring Culture 147
- 6. Language and Literature: Framing Identity 177
- 7. Contesting Publics Raced Communities and Gendered History 205
- Conclusion 234
- Notes 243
- Glossary 273
- Bibliography 277
- Index 311