{"product_id":"peasants-and-imperial-rule-agriculture-and-agrarian-society-in-the-bombay-presidency-1850-1935-paperback-9780521526401","title":"Peasants and Imperial Rule; Agriculture and Agrarian Society in the Bombay Presidency 1850–1935 (Paperback) 9780521526401","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePeasants and Imperial Rule\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAgriculture and Agrarian Society in the Bombay Presidency 1850–1935\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA regional study of the impact of British rule on the Indian peasantry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNeil Charlesworth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521526401, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 July 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.473 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 detailed historical study of agriculture and agrarian society in a major province of British India, the Bombay presidency. Its objective is to examine the impact of British rule on the Indian peasantry, and the changes it brought. Among the specific issues discussed by the author are the development of the British land revenue system, the pattern of expansion in commercial agriculture and the consequences in terms of ownership and organisation of land and agrarian social structure. Dr Charlesworth goes on to look at the role of government policy, the nature of peasant protest movements and the effects of the interwar depression. He concludes that significant long-term economic and social change did occur but that the highly 'differential' pattern to commercialisation prevented any structural transformation in the peasant economy and society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Note on technical terms and references\u003cbr\u003e Maps\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the peasant in India and Bombay presidency\u003cbr\u003e 2. The village in 1850: land tenure, social structure and revenue policy\u003cbr\u003e 3. The village in 1850: land and agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 4. Indebtedness and the Deccan Riots of 1875\u003cbr\u003e 5. Continuity and change in the rural economy, 1850–1900\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Bombay peasantry, 1850–1900: social stability or social stratification?\u003cbr\u003e 7. The agricultural economy, 1900–1935: the critical watershed?\u003cbr\u003e 8. The impact of government policy, 1880–1935\u003cbr\u003e 9. The peasant and politics in the early twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusions: the problem of differential commercialisation\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\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":46019778281752,"sku":"9780521526401","price":42.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521526401i_1d91f3fe-0e17-4ff0-884e-a865d8986e84.jpg?v=1691368907","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/peasants-and-imperial-rule-agriculture-and-agrarian-society-in-the-bombay-presidency-1850-1935-paperback-9780521526401","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}