An Agrarian History of South Asia

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title An Agrarian History of South Asia
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Ludden
SeriesThe New Cambridge History of India
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:278
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreAsian and Middle Eastern history
Agriculture and farming
ISBN/Barcode 9780521179676
ClassificationsDewey:630.954
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 February 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Originally published in 1999, David Ludden's book offers a comprehensive historical framework for understanding the regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. Adopting a long-term view of history, it treats South Asia not as a single civilization territory, but rather as a patchwork of agrarian regions, each with their own social, cultural and political histories. The discussion begins during the first millennium, when farming communities displaced pastoral and tribal groups, and goes on to consider the development of territoriality from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters consider the emergence of agrarian capitalism in village societies under the British, and demonstrate how economic development in contemporary South Asia continues to reflect the influence of agrarian localism. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, the book promises to be a valuable resource for students of agrarian and regional history as well as of comparative world history.

Reviews

"This is a fine source for anyone interested in the evolution of South Asia's agrarian systems and institutions." EH.NET