Rural South Asia
Linkages, Change and Development
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2023
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-032-61751-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1983, Rural South Asia examines questions of change and development in terms of linkages between localities and the outside world. The authors examine the response specifically to the introduction of a 'modern' features of production, the importance of physical, cultural and economic communication, and the impact of various development efforts. 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: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
561 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-61751-0 (9781032617510)
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Content
Contributors Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Plantation System and Village Structure in British Ceylon 3. Wage-Gathering 4. Economic Dislocation in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Uttar Pradesh 5. Rural Labour in the Bombay Textile Industry and the Articulation of Modes of Organization 6. The Role of the Broker in Rural India 7. Two Karnataka Villages and the Outside World 8. 'Decentralized' Planning in a Centralized Economy 9. International Rice Research and the Problems of Rice Growing in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar