TY - BOOK AU - Kumar,Prakash TI - Indigo plantations and science in colonial India SN - 9781107038004 (hbk.) U1 - 338.17337 KUM 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Indigo industry KW - India KW - Bengal KW - History KW - Plantations KW - Indigo KW - Crop science KW - Agriculture KW - British occupation, 1765-1947 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The world of indigo plantations: diasporas and knowledge -- The course of colonial modernity: negotiating the landscape in Bengal -- Colony and the external arena: seeking validation in the market -- Local science: agricultural institutions in the age of nationalism -- The last stand in science and rationalization -- A lasting definition of improvement in the era of World War UR - http://openisbn.com/isbn/9781107023253/ ER -