An Agrarian History of South Asia

by David E. Ludden

Book Overview

David Ludden provides a comprehensive historical framework for the understanding of regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. Adopting a long-term view, he treats South Asia not as a single civilization territory, but as a patchwork of agrarian regions, with their own social, cultural and political histories. He traces these histories from medieval times to the present. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052117967X
• ISBN13: 9780521179676
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"