Peasants and imperial rule : agriculture and agrarian society in the Bombay Presidency, 1850-1935 /
by Charlesworth, Neil.
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BookSeries: Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985Description: xi, 319 p., [5] p. of plates : maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0521232066.Subject(s): Peasants -- Government policy -- India -- Bombay (State) -- History | Farm tenancy -- Government policy -- India -- Bombay (State) -- History | Agriculture and state -- India -- Bombay (State) -- History| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Dhaka University Library General Stacks | Non Fiction | 323.330954 CHP (Browse shelf) | 2 | Available | A286302 |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [303]-314.
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.
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