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Flora's Empire brings new light to the complex history of British imperialism in India and its post-Independence legacy. Aided by beautiful period illustrations, it focuses on three centuries of official, domestic, and botanical gardens, as well as on memorial gardens and restorations of Muslim...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Penn studies in landscape architecture
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812205053 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812205053.jpg |
| Summary: |
Flora's Empire brings new light to the complex history of British imperialism in India and its post-Independence legacy. Aided by beautiful period illustrations, it focuses on three centuries of official, domestic, and botanical gardens, as well as on memorial gardens and restorations of Muslim and Hindu sites. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 30 color, 60 b/w illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812205053 |
| Index Number: | SB457 |
| CLC: | TU986.635.1 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Cowslips and Lotuses -- Chapter 1. From Garden House to Bungalow, Nabobs to Heaven-Born -- Chapter 2. Calcutta and the Gardens of Barrackpore -- Chapter 3. Over the Hills and Far Away: The Hill Stations of India -- Chapter 4. Eastward in Eden: Botanical Imperialism and Imperialists -- Chapter 5. Gardens of Memory -- Chapter 6. The Taj and the Raj -- Chapter 7. Imperial Delhi: City of Gardens -- Chapter 8. Imperial New Delhi: The Garden City -- Chapter 9. The Legacy -- Conclusion: Garden Imperialism -- Common Trees, Shrubs, and Plants in India South of the Himalayas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |