The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze: India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856

by David Arnold

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295993839
• ISBN13: 9780295993836
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher