Canal irrigation in British India : perspectives on technological change in a peasant economy /
by Stone, Ian.
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BookSeries: Cambridge South Asian studies: 29.Publisher: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984Description: xiv, 374 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0521250234.Subject(s): 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, 1830-1930Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Sample text
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| 627.50954 SOW Water and development : | 627.5095414 WIA Ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to modern problems / | 627.520954 STC Canal irrigation in British India : | 627.520954 STC Canal irrigation in British India : | 627.520954 STC Canal irrigation in British India : | 627.520954 STC Canal irrigation in British India : | 627.520954 STC Canal irrigation in British India : |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 359-368.
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.
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