Peasants and imperial rule : agriculture and agrarian society in the Bombay Presidency, 1850-1935 / Neil Charlesworth
1985, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Library copy - library bookplate and marks remain. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #382401
ISBN: 0521232066
Physical description: 319p; 21cm; illus with tables. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Machine derived contents note: List of maps and tables -- Preface -- Note on technical terms and references -- Maps -- 1. Introduction: the peasant in India and Bombay presidency -- 2. The village in 1850: land tenure, social structure and revenue policy -- 3. The village in 1850: land and agriculture -- 4. Indebtedness and the Deccan Riots of 1875 -- 5. Continuity and change in the rural economy, 1850-1900 -- 6. The Bombay peasantry, 1850-1900: social stability or social stratification? -- 7. The agricultural economy, 1900-1935: the critical watershed? -- 8. The impact of government policy, 1880-1935 -- 9. The peasant and politics in the early twentieth century -- 10. Conclusions: the problem of differential commercialisation -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Bombay (Presidency)
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Peasants Government policy India Bombay (State) History. Farm tenancy Government policy India Bombay (State) History.
Agriculture and state India Bombay (State) History.
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