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Civilizing natures [electronic resource] : race, resources, and modernity in colonial South India / Kavita Philip.

By: Philip, Kavita, 1964-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004Description: viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Science -- India, South -- History -- 19th century | Science -- Social aspects -- India, South -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 509.548/09/034 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction -- A local story : English mud -- Forests -- Plantations -- Ethnographers -- Christianity -- A global story : imperial science rescues a tree -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A local story : English mud -- Forests -- Plantations -- Ethnographers -- Christianity -- A global story : imperial science rescues a tree -- Conclusion.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.