Colonializing Agriculture: The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism: 9 (SAGE Series in Modern Indian History) - Softcover

Mukherjee, Mridula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761934057 ISBN 13: 9780761934059

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Colonizing Agriculture In this study of the agrarian economy of Punjab in India's colonial period, the author takes the economic aspects of the lives of Punjab's peasants as a starting point for understanding the politics of this group from the 1920s to 1947. A comparison is made between Punjab and other regions of colonial India, especially Eastern India.

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Review:

Mukherjee’s Colonizing Agriculture represents a significant contribution to an  understanding of the transformation of the agrarian economy of Punjab under colonial rule... it seeks to arrive at some refreshing and original conclusions.

(Studies in History)

The present volume is a valuable one not only in terms of its being a comprehensive study of the colonial impact on an agriculturally very important region, but also as an example of a model of historical scholarship  with its feet firm on the ground (of hard data) and withstanding temptations towards stratospheric musings.

(Development and Change)

Mukherjee has examined the evidence available in land records and other contemporary reports of the Punjab government. The bibliography is delightful as are the footnotes.... This book should be read by all reformer economists, even if it is not written by an economist. It provides insights that only historical records, not endless regressions, can provide. (Business Standard)

About the Author:

Mridula Mukherjee is currently Professor of Modern Indian History and Chairperson of the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Professor Mukherjee has been Visiting Scholar at Duke University, USA, and at the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. She has also been Chairperson of the Archives on Contemporary History at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has published widely in the areas of agrarian history, peasant movements, social movements and the Indian national movement. Her publications include India’s Struggle for Independence (1999) and India After Independence 1947–2000 (2000), both co-authored.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0761934057
• ISBN 13: 9780761934059
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240