Charlesworth, Neil.
Peasants and imperial rule : agriculture and agrarian society in the Bombay Presidency, 1850-1935 / Neil Charlesworth. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. - xi, 319 p., [5] p. of plates : maps ; 23 cm. - Cambridge South Asian studies ; 32. .
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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Peasants--Government policy--History.--India--Bombay (State)
Farm tenancy--Government policy--History.--India--Bombay (State)
Agriculture and state--History.--India--Bombay (State)
323.330954 / CHP
Peasants and imperial rule : agriculture and agrarian society in the Bombay Presidency, 1850-1935 / Neil Charlesworth. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. - xi, 319 p., [5] p. of plates : maps ; 23 cm. - Cambridge South Asian studies ; 32. .
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.
0521232066
84009603
Peasants--Government policy--History.--India--Bombay (State)
Farm tenancy--Government policy--History.--India--Bombay (State)
Agriculture and state--History.--India--Bombay (State)
323.330954 / CHP