Cargando…
The peasant and the Raj : studies in agrarian society and peasant rebellion in colonial India /
These twelve essays explore the nature of south Asian agrarian society and examine the extent to which it changed during the period of British rule. The central focus of the book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four of the studies look at the agrarian explosion that formed the back...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1978.
|
| Colección: | Cambridge South Asian studies ;
23. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; 1 The first century of British colonial rule: social revolution or social stagnation?; 2 Privileged land tenure in village India in the early nineteenth century; 3 Agrarian society and the Pax Britannica in northern India in the early nineteenth century; 4 The land revenue systems of the North-Western Provinces and Bombay Deccan 1830-80: ideology and the official mind; 5 Traditional resistance movements and Afro-Asian nationalism: the context of the 1857 Mutiny Rebellion
- 6 Nawab Walidad Khan and the 1857 Struggle in the Bulandshahr district7 Rural revolt in the Great Rebellion of 1857 in India: a study of the Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar districts; 8 Traditional elites in the Great Rebellion of 1857: some aspects of rural revolt in the upper and central Doab; 9 The structure of landholding in Uttar Pradesh 1860-1948; 10 Dynamism and enervation in North Indian agriculture: the historical dimension; 11 Peasants, moneylenders and colonial rule: an excursion into Central India; 12 The return of the peasant to South Asian history; Glossary; Index