Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital: Rural Bengal Since 1770

by Sugata Bose

Book Overview

This 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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033225
• ISBN13: 9780521033220
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"