{"product_id":"peasant-labour-and-colonial-capital-rural-bengal-since-1770-paperback-9780521033220","title":"Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital; Rural Bengal since 1770 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521033220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePeasant Labour and Colonial Capital\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRural Bengal since 1770\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA critical work of synthesis and interpretation of agrarian change in India over the long term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSugata Bose (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521033220, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a critical work of synthesis and interpretation on one of the central themes in modern Indian history - agrarian change under British colonial rule. Sugata Bose analyses the relationships between demography, commercialization, class structure and peasant resistance unfolding over the long term between 1770 and more recent times. By integrating the histories of land and capital, he examines the relationship between capitalist 'development' of the wider economy under colonial rule and agrarian continuity and change. Drawing most of his empirical evidence from rural Bengal, the author makes comparisons with regional agrarian histories of other parts of South Asia. Thus, this study stands on its own in the field of modern Indian social and economic history in its chronological sweep and comparative context and makes the complex subject of India's peasantry accessible to students and the interested non-specialist.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e General editor's preface\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ecology and demography\u003cbr\u003e 2. Commercialisation and colonialism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Property and production\u003cbr\u003e 4. Appropriation and exploitation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Resistance and consciousness\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical essay\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913133908248,"sku":"9780521033220","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521033220i_1e8190b7-8583-40ed-b896-9eeecb3dc874.jpg?v=1694965075","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/peasant-labour-and-colonial-capital-rural-bengal-since-1770-paperback-9780521033220","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}