TY - BOOK TI - Darjeeling reconsidered: histories, politics, environments SN - 9780199483556 U1 - 950 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New Delhi, India PB - Oxford University Press KW - Social movements KW - India KW - Darjeeling KW - Tea trade KW - Employees KW - Sustainable development KW - Politics and government KW - fast KW - Darjeeling (India) KW - History N2 - Darjeeling occupies a special place in the South Asian imaginary. With its Himalayan vistas, lush tea gardens, and brisk mountain air, Darjeeling was the consummate colonial hill-station. The romance with the 'queen of the hills' lives on, as thousands of tourists (domestic and international) annually flock to the hills to taste its world-renowned tea, soak up the colonial nostalgia, and glimpse mighty Mount Kanchenjunga. Darjeeling's fame has now gone global and its legacy continues to fuel Hollywood and Bollywood fantasies. But this is only part of Darjeeling's story ER -