agriculture and agrarian society in the Bombay Presidency, 1850-1935 Charlesworth, Neil. creator text bibliography enk New York Cambridge University Press 1985 monographic eng

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xi, 319 p., [5] p. of plates : maps ; 23 cm. 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. Neil Charlesworth. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [303]-314. Peasants Government policy India Bombay (State) History Farm tenancy Government policy India Bombay (State) History Agriculture and state India Bombay (State) History 323.330954 CHP 0521232066 84009603 DLC 840504 20160424184244.0 1167573 eng