Agrarian Bengal

As well as being an outstanding contribution to Indian economic and social history, this book draws important conclusions about peasant politics in general and about the effects of international economic fluctuations on primary producing countries. Dr Bose develops a general typology of systems of agrarian production in Bengal to show how these responded to different types of pressure from the world economy, and treats in detail the effects of the world Depression on Bengal. The relationship between demographic change and production for the market is discussed, and the product, credit and land markets as well as the links between them are analysed in depth. Particular attention is paid to the working and rupture of rural credit relations (which not only transmitted international economic fluctuations but also formed the key thread in the texture of agrarian relations within the region). Separate chapters are devoted to the themes of agrarian conflict and religious strife in east Bengal, the agrarian dimension of mass nationalism in West Bengal and sharecroppers agitations in the frontier regions.

ISBN: 9780521059428
Author: Bose, Sugata
Published by: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS INDIA PVT. LTD.
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