Agrarian Power and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia
Agrarian Power and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia

Author: Meghnad Desai

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780520053694

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Economic policy analysis of the relationship between the political power of local government and productivity in the agricultural sector in South Asia - analyses the impact of social change on sugar cane agricultural production, as well as historical aspects of power structures in India; examines economic implications of local level power configurations, esp. As regards farm-level decision making; discusses determinants and varieties of rural mobilization. References, statistical tables.

Language, Religion and Politics in North India
Language, Religion and Politics in North India

Author: Paul R. Brass

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0595343945

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This book is recognized as a classic study both of the politics of language and religion in India and of ethnic and nationalist movements in general. It received overwhelmingly favorable reviews across disciplinary and international boundaries at first publication, characterized as "a masterly conceptual analysis of language, religion, ethnic groups, and nationhood", "a monumental work", "of interest to all political scientists", one that "should be required reading for any politically concerned person" in the United Kingdom (from a TLS review), a work whose "value and importance can scarcely be overstated", with "no competitor in the same class".

Soundings in Modern South Asian History
Soundings in Modern South Asian History

Author: D. A. Low

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0520332407

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind
Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind

Author: David Cheesman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1136794492

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Investigates the alliance between the British administration and the Muslim landed magnates who dominated the countryside and provides valuable insights into the emergence of the elite's governing Pakistan today.

Rural Credit in Western India 1875–1930
Rural Credit in Western India 1875–1930

Author: I. J. Catanach

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0520327829

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Sociology of Religion in India
Sociology of Religion in India

Author: Rowena Robinson

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2004-02-20

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9780761997818

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Focused on the theme of the sociology of religion, this volume brings together essays by well-known scholars which examine the resurgence of religious identities in the Indian context. The contributors question many received notions, address critical problems, and raise important issues surrounding various current debates./-//-/The papers are divided into four sections. The first deals with religion, society and national identity. The next section is devoted to sects, cults, shrines and the making of traditions. The third section discusses religious conversion, while the last section provides a comparative perspective drawn from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. /-//-/Tackling a subject of immense contemporary importance and demonstrating a sensitivity to the shifts and changes brought about in faith, identity and tradition, this volume will be of considerable interest to students of sociology, anthropology, religion, politics and history./-//-/This book is one of the Indian Sociological Society: Golden Jubilee Volumes.

Modern South Asia
Modern South Asia

Author: Sugata Bose

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780415307871

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A wide-ranging survey of the Indian sub-continent, Modern South Asia gives an enthralling account of South Asian history. After sketching the pre-modern history of the subcontinent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries from c.1700 to the present. Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, Modern South Asia offers a rare depth of understanding of the social, economic and political realities of this region. This comprehensive study includes detailed discussions of: the structure and ideology of the British raj; the meaning of subaltern resistance; the refashioning of social relations along lines of caste class, community and gender; and the state and economy, society and politics of post-colonial South Asia The new edition includes a rewritten, accessible introduction and a chapter by chapter revision to take into account recent research. The second edition will also bring the book completely up to date with a chapter on the period from 1991 to 2002 and adiscussion of the last millennium in sub-continental history.