Darjeeling reconsidered : histories, politics, environments / edited by Townsend Middleton and Sara Shneiderman.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: xviii, 316 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN: 9780199483556Subject(s): Social movements -- India -- Darjeeling | Tea trade -- India -- Darjeeling -- Employees | Sustainable development -- India -- Darjeeling | Politics and government | Social movements | Sustainable development | Tea trade -- Employees | Darjeeling (India) -- History | Darjeeling (India) -- Politics and government | India -- DarjeelingGenre/Form: History. DDC classification: 950 Summary: 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.
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| Textual Documents | Institute of Development Studies Kolkata | 950 M6275d (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 8296 |
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.
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