The British Takeover of Assam: Tea, Hill Tribes and Transportation in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781398122727)

The book follows the huge British expansion into the Indian territory of Assam during the nineteenth century and the impact of colonial policymaking upon the population of both the hill areas and the Brahmaputra plain. British industrial activity in the region, based on the highly lucrative tea trade and the identification of rich mineral resources, inexorably moved capital, labour, enterprise, trade and transportation into the hands of outsiders and made a dramatic change to Assam's demographic profile. Caroline Keen paints a vivid picture of the lives of both Indians and Europeans in the remote north-east of the subcontinent, drawing on contemporary journals and other narratives.

Author: Caroline Keen
ISBN-10: 1398122726
ISBN-13: 9781398122727
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2025
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover