Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital - Rural Bengal since 1770 (Hardcover)

This book is a critical work of synthesis and interpretation on one of the central themes in modern Indian history - agrarian change under British colonial rule. Sugata Bose analyses the relationships between demography, commercialization, class structure and peasant resistance unfolding over the long term between 1770 and the present. By integrating the histories of land and capital, he examines the relationship between capitalist ‘development’ of the wider economy under colonial rule and agrarian continuity and change. Drawing most of his empirical evidence from rural Bengal, the author makes comparisons with regional agrarian histories of other parts of South Asia. Thus, this study stands on its own in the field of modern Indian social and economic history in its chronological sweep and comparative context and makes the complex subject of India’s peasantry accessible to students and the interested non-specialist.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The New Cambridge History of India
Release date:	March 1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Sugata Bose
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-26694-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-26694-7
Barcode:	9780521266949

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