The great agrarian conquest : the colonial reshaping of a rural world

Neeladri Bhattacharya

Introduction: The great agrarian conquest -- Masculine paternalism and colonial governance -- How villages were found -- In search of tenures -- The power of categories -- Codifying custom -- Remembered pasts -- Beyond the code -- Fear of the fragment -- Colonising the commons -- The promise of modernity, antinomies of development -- Epilogue: The last ride.

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Year of publication:	[2019]
Authors:	Bhattacharya, Neeladri
Publisher:	Albany : State University of New York Press
Subject:	Punjab (Indien) \| Punjab (India) \| Kolonialismus \| Colonialism \| Ländliche Wirtschaft \| Rural economy \| Ländliche Entwicklung \| Rural development \| Landwirtschaft \| Agriculture \| Sozialer Wandel \| Social change \| Dorfentwicklung \| Village development \| Indien \| India \| Pandschab \| Ländlicher Raum \| Geschichte 1849-1947
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	xix, 522 Seiten Illustrationen
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-4384-7739-8 ; 978-1-4384-7740-4 ; 978-1-4384-7741-1
Classification:	Indischer Subkontinent ; Imperialismus
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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