Rural India: Land, Power and Society Under British Rule

by Peter Robb (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1983, Rural India intends to provide pictures of Indian rural society in the past, from the standpoint of relationships and exchanges between the countryside and the more general physical and cultural context of which it is a part. A predominant theme is control over land and people. Others are the impact of British rule, the political role of local networks and ties, and the response to and internalising of external stimuli. Attempts are made to examine the concepts employed by scholars in relation to the perceptions of the villagers and similarly to interpret economic and social data in radical ways. This book will be of interest to student of South Asian studies, history, economics and agriculture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032609973
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2023
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Robb

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Preface 1. Introduction 2. Idiom and Ideology in Early Nineteenth-Century South India 3. A Note on the Term ‘Land Control’ 4. Land, Power and Market 5. State, Peasant and Money-Lender in Late Nineteenth-Century Bihar 6. Between British Raj and Saran Raiyat 7. The Origins of Fragmentation of Landholdings in British India 8. Plague and the Indian Village, 1896-1914 9. Muslim Political Mobilization in Rural Punjab 1937-46 10. The Rural World of Tarashankar Banerjee