Social power and everyday class relations : agrarian transformation in North Bihar

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Social power and everyday class relations : agrarian transformation in North Bihar

Anand Chakravarti

Sage Publications, 2001

  • : US-HB
  • : India HB

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index

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`This excellent study of agriaran class relations in north Bihar has some old-fashioned virtues. It is compellingly documented, lucidly written, and deals with issues that clearly matter - and not just to Indianists' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute `Anand Chakravarti has movingly and convincingly shown us that the Kosi River remains a "River of Sorrow" for the downtrodden in Aghanbigha' - Christopher V Hill, Contemporary South Asia This book, based on intensive fieldwork, examines the inter-connection between the social power wielded by members of the dominant land-owning caste and their practice of agrarian capitalism.

目次

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION The Problem The Village The Collection of Data PART TWO: THE ANTECEDENTS OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE Preliminary Observations Ecology and Agrarian Relations The Traditional Agricultural Cycle PART THREE: THE EMERGENCE OF NEW PRODUCTION RELATIONS The Problem The Decline of Sharecropping The Consequences of Canal Irrigation A Note on the Price Situation Pertaining to Crops Cultivated on Irrigated Land Coping with the New Agricultural Cycle Keeping Pace with Crop Time Concluding Observations PART FOUR: CLASSES IN AGHANBIGHA The Problem The Classes Class Profiles Concluding Observations PART FIVE: THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR Preliminary Observations The Recruitment of Labour Concluding Observations PART SIX: THE EXTRACTION OF LABOUR, PART ONE: THE WORKING-DAY Preliminary Observations The Working-Day Concluding Observations PART SEVEN: THE EXTRACTION OF LABOUR, PART TWO: WAGES Preliminary Observations Daily Wages Payments of Harvesting Paddy Labour by Contract The Wages of Farm Servants Concluding Observations PART EIGHT: CONCLUSIONS Preliminary Observations Some Reflections on Labour Relations in Aghanbigha Caste, Class and State

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