Colonial Globalization and its Effects on South, Hossain..

Name: Colonial Globalization and its Effects on South, Hossain..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Colonial Globalization and its Effects on South AsiaEastern Bengal, Sylhet, and Assam, 18741971\nAuthor(s): Ashfaque Hossain\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9781032325613, 978-1032325613\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates the concept of colonial globalization to show how knowledge, information, technology, capital and labour have the potential to move freely across the world. It studies the experience of globalization \""from below\"", rather than from the perspective of the British imperial centre.\n\nFocusing on the impact of colonial globalization on the people of Sylhet, East Bengal, and Assam, the volume seeks to analyse the \""global\"" as a process in constant negotiation with the \""local\"". It discusses various issues such as the opening of the hills of Sylhet and Assam for tea plantation. the involvement of local entrepreneurs with overseas planters in the global tea industry, the phenomenon of regional la.