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The first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader. Suggests the fundamental importance of an Asian comparative perspective for the understanding of Indian history.

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Author:   Peter Robb ,  Kaoru Sugihara ,  Haruka Yanagisawa
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138979963

ISBN 10:   1138979961
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   01 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1.1: Distinctive Aspects of Rural Production in India: The Colonial Period 1; 1.2: Internal Forces of Change in Agriculture: India and Japan Compared 1; 2: The Mirasi System and Local Society in Pre-Colonial South India 1; 3: The Peasantry of Northern Bengal in the Late Eighteenth Century 1; 4.1: Elements of Upward Mobility for Agricultural Labourers in Tamil Districts, 1865-1925 1; 4.2: A Comparison with the Japanese Experience; 5: Regional Pattern of Land Transfer in Late Colonial Bengal 1; 6.1: Famines, Epidemics and Mortality in Northern India, 1870-1921 1; 6.2: Famines and Epidemics: A Comparison between India and Japan; 7.1: Technology and Labour Absorption in the Indigenous Indian Sugar Industry: An Analysis of Appropriate Technology 1; 7.2: Technology of the Indian Sugar Industry From an International Perspective; 8: Situating the Malabar Tenancy Act, 1930 1

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