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The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India

By Eric Stokes

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1978
ISBN
0521297702, 9780511563416, 0521216842, 0511563418, 9780521216845, 9780521297707
DOI
10.2362/1-purp0rted1y
LCC
HD875 .S76
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2434466 bytes)
Series
Cambridge South Asian Studies
Edition
1
Pages
316\315
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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 background to the 1857 Mutiny. The essays give a coherent historical treatment of the Indian peasant world, and the paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to the student of peasant studies and to the sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.

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