Essays on the Transformation of India''s Agrarian Economy

List of contents

1. Introduction: Agrarian Structure and Transformation: Concepts, Theory and Method 2. Agrarian Change in the Colonial Period: The Emergence of Surplus Agricultural Population in Greater Bengal (1793-1947) 3. Agrarian Structure, Conditions of Production, Peasant Economic Activity and Market Participation in India, 1950-1970 4. Agrarian Transformation in India, 1948-Early 1970s: A Process of Differential Development of the Peasantry

About the author

Prior to joining the Azim Premji University, Chiranjib Sen was Professor of Economics & Social Sciences in the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Summary

The central problem to which this book, is addressed is the transformation of agrarian structure as it historically evolved in India. The term ‘structure’, however, has multiple meanings. The sense in which the term is used refers to the system of production, including the pattern of its composition in terms of micro-units of production.

Product details

• Authors: Chiranjib Sen, Sen Chiranjib
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138633469
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63346-9
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: British in India; Routledge Library Editions: British in India
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, India, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Colonialism & imperialism, Environmental Economics, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries, HISTORY / Asia / South / India