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Agricultural Production and South Asian History, Paperback / softback Book

Agricultural Production and South Asian History Paperback / softback

Edited by David (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania) Ludden

Paperback / softback

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'...the attempt...to offer to the interested reader this sort of a canvas is a veritable treat.' - Biswamoy Pati, The Hindu 'The volume fills an important gap by drawing attention not only to very specific issues...but in locating them within a wider framework.'. - Mahesh Rangarajan, Indian Economic and Social History Review'The papers reproduced in this volume, written by reputed economic historians, are useful teaching material.' - D Rajashekhar, Decan HeraldFocussing on the shifts within agrarian studies, this volume 0-19-953554-Xcontours of agricultural production in colonial India, and its historiography then and now.

The essays reflect the complex concerns of agrarian history and reveal the variety of local worlds within which the everyday routine of production was carried on.

Together they explore the complex linkages between commercializing, agrarian landscapes, peasant labour, temporal rhythms of production, and ecology. In a new preface, the editor updates the existing research on the subject and provides an additional bibliography.

Part of the prestigious Themes in Indian History series, this book will interest scholars, teachers and students of modern Indian history, economics, and developmental studies.

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