Author: Jacques Pouchepadass

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited

Published: 2000-07-27

Total Pages: 582

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This landmark study is perhaps the only rigorous and comprehensive view of the roots of agricultural stagnation in Bihar. Unlike other work, this study incorporates /-/ - ecological, technical, demographic and economic factors/-/ - the impact of the land, revenue, legal and commercial policies during colonial rule /-/ - the influence of rural social structure and social ideologies. /-/ /-/The result is a rigorous, systematic and coherent study of rural economic and social structure within a well-defined regional and chronological framework.