The Darjeeling distinction : labor and justice on fair-trade tea plantations in India / Sarah Besky.

Nestled in the Himalayan foothills of Northeast India, Darjeeling is synonymous with some of the finest and most expensive tea in the world. It is also home to a violent movement for regional autonomy that, like the tea industry, dates back to the days of colonial rule. In this nuanced ethnography,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Besky, Sarah, 1981-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Series:California studies in food and culture ; 47.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : reinventing the plantation for the 21st century
  • Darjeeling
  • Plantation
  • Property
  • Fairness
  • Sovereignty
  • Conclusion : is something better than nothing?