
Rural India
Land, Power and Society Under British Rule
Peter Robb(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-032-60998-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1983, Rural India intends to provide pictures of Indian rural society in the past, from the standpoint of relationships and exchanges between the countryside and the more general physical and cultural context of which it is a part. A predominant theme is control over land and people. Others are the impact of British rule, the political role of local networks and ties, and the response to and internalising of external stimuli. Attempts are made to examine the concepts employed by scholars in relation to the perceptions of the villagers and similarly to interpret economic and social data in radical ways. This book will be of interest to student of South Asian studies, history, economics and agriculture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-032-60998-0 (9781032609980)
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Content
List of Contributors Preface 1. Introduction 2. Idiom and Ideology in Early Nineteenth-Century South India 3. A Note on the Term 'Land Control' 4. Land, Power and Market 5. State, Peasant and Money-Lender in Late Nineteenth-Century Bihar 6. Between British Raj and Saran Raiyat 7. The Origins of Fragmentation of Landholdings in British India 8. Plague and the Indian Village, 1896-1914 9. Muslim Political Mobilization in Rural Punjab 1937-46 10. The Rural World of Tarashankar Banerjee