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Baptists, Bengalis, and the construction of agricultural and horticultural science in India, 1793-1840 / Laura Tavolacci.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tavolacci, Laura, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series 2635-1641
- Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies, 2635-1641
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India--History.
- Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India.
- Agriculture--India--History--19th century.
- Agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rectifying the Soul and Body: Gender, Class, Race, and the Fracturing of Improvement
- 3. Transplanting in the Garden of God
- 4. The Evangelical 'Improvement' of Plant Sciences
- 5. Towards a Moral Agriculture: William Carey and the Founding of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India
- 6. Vegetable Gardens versus Cash Crops: Science and Political Economy in the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, 1820-40
- 7. Where are the Plants? Morality and Science as an Elite Curriculum
- 8. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 29, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9783031930997
- 3031930991
- Publisher Number:
- 90102814290
- CIPO000266495
- CIPO000266494
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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