Publication

1992-05-30 - Greenwood Press

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10031327794X
  • ISBN-139780313277948
  • LibraryThing6338718
  • Open LibraryOL9837478M

First Sentence

Any study of the literatures of the Indian diaspora must begin with the original moment of migration and the circumstances that made people leave the lower Gangetic Plains or the "Madras Presidency" in the first instance to help produce the preeminent stimulant, sugar, "an indispensable additive to sauces and pastry, as well as a sweetener for innumerable cups of tea," for the industrializing areas of the Western world (Wolf, 333).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Reworlding: The Literature of the Indian Diaspora (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)HardcoverGreenwood Press1992-05-30

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