The Tropics And the Traveling Gaze

The Tropics And the Traveling Gaze
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 029598581X
ISBN-13 : 9780295985817
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Book Synopsis The Tropics And the Traveling Gaze by : David Arnold

Download or read book The Tropics And the Traveling Gaze written by David Arnold and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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