Laura Tavolacci
Biographic Data
| ID | 4212945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Tavolacci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Tavolacci |
| SIGNATURE | TAVOLACCI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1921-2121 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hardy peasants, passive landlords
This article explores changes in British liberal thought during the second half of the nineteenth century by investigating the work of Sir George Campbell, a Scottish MP and long-term colonial official in India who was influential on Gladstonian land reform in Ireland. Campbell's life and writings show that colonial experience in Ireland and India were influential on the increasing desire to safeguard small farmers during a time of consolidation …
Calcutta Town Hall or Covent Garden? Colonial horticultural knowledge, mimicry, and its discontents
Vegetable Gardens versus Cash Crops
The goal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India (founded in 1820) was to create a science for the cultivation of plants in India and use this science to increase agricultural production. This article tracks the ideas of this society in its early decades as it created a highly contested and changing discourse regarding agriculture in India. As the society was based in Calcutta, it had Bengali members who appropriated and modified t…
Vegetable Gardens versus Cash Crops
The goal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India (founded in 1820) was to create a science for the cultivation of plants in India and use this science to increase agricultural production. This article tracks the ideas of this society in its early decades as it created a highly contested and changing discourse regarding agriculture in India. As the society was based in Calcutta, it had Bengali members who appropriated and modified t…
Calcutta Town Hall or Covent Garden? Colonial horticultural knowledge, mimicry, and its discontents
Vegetable Gardens versus Cash Crops
The goal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India (founded in 1820) was to create a science for the cultivation of plants in India and use this science to increase agricultural production. This article tracks the ideas of this society in its early decades as it created a highly contested and changing discourse regarding agriculture in India. As the society was based in Calcutta, it had Bengali members who appropriated and modified t…
Calcutta Town Hall or Covent Garden? Colonial horticultural knowledge, mimicry, and its discontents
Hardy peasants, passive landlords
This article explores changes in British liberal thought during the second half of the nineteenth century by investigating the work of Sir George Campbell, a Scottish MP and long-term colonial official in India who was influential on Gladstonian land reform in Ireland. Campbell's life and writings show that colonial experience in Ireland and India were influential on the increasing desire to safeguard small farmers during a time of consolidation …
Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Social science (2 works)