Global Blue: Indigo and Espionage in Colonial Bengal |
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Contents
Indigo Becomes a Global Commodity | 6 |
The world of commercial indigo around 1800 | 12 |
Bengal | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Global Blue: Indigo and Espionage in Colonial Bengal |
| Authors | Pierre-Paul Darrac, Willem van Schendel |
| Publisher | University Press Limited, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 6, 2010 |
| ISBN | 9840517406, 9789840517404 |
| Length | 112 pages |
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