Canal irrigation in British India : perspectives on technological change in a peasant economy - Stone, Ian, 1950- (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984)
Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Development of the canal system -- 3. Canal irrigation as an appropriate technology -- 4. Impact on agricultural production and organisation -- 5. Pricing -- 6. Management, control, and distribution -- 7. Protection against famine -- 8. Canal irrigation and the dynamism of the western UP -- Appendices -- Glossary of Indian terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 359-368.
Keywords: Irrigation -- Economic aspects -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History; Irrigation canals and flumes -- Economic aspects -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History; Peasants -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History; Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Economic conditions; India (Republic). -- Doab region -- Agricultural communities -- Effects of irrigation canals, 1830-1930