The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze
India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Minority Studies, Ethnic Studies
| Author: | David John Arnold, K. Sivaramakrishnan | ISBN: | 9780295800943 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | July 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | David John Arnold, K. Sivaramakrishnan |
| ISBN: | 9780295800943 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | July 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European (especially British) responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Through its close examination of the correlation between tropicality and “otherness,” and of science as a means of colonial appropriation, the book offers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the tropical world. It will be of interest to historians of the environment, science, and colonialism; South Asianists; and cultural and environmental anthropologists and geographers.
The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European (especially British) responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Through its close examination of the correlation between tropicality and “otherness,” and of science as a means of colonial appropriation, the book offers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the tropical world. It will be of interest to historians of the environment, science, and colonialism; South Asianists; and cultural and environmental anthropologists and geographers.
