Download or read book Agrarian Impasse in Bengal written by James K. Boyce and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are Bangladesh and the neighboring state of West Bengal home to some of the world's poorest people when the region was once legendary for its agricultural abundance? This book explores the region's agricultural performance from 1949 to 1980 using demographic, technological and institutional determinants. Drawing from the most up-to-date output and growth data available, Boyce points to problems in drainage and flood control as the primary barrier to fulfillment of the region's great potential.
Download or read book Agrarian Impasse in Bengal written by James K. Boyce and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an investigation into the reasons for the poverty of this region which was once noted for its agricultural abundance. The author examines the agricultural performance since 1949 and the current state of management and concludes that the agrarian structure is both unfair and inefficient.
Download or read book Sonar Bangla written by Ben Rogaly and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1999-06-08 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to analyze agrarian change in rural Bengal since the recent upsurge in agricultural growth which began in the mid-1980s. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the complex linkages between agricultural growth, agrarian social change, government policy and local level practice.
Download or read book Growth with Equity written by Abhijit Dasgupta and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During The Last Two Decades, Parts Of West Bengal And Bangladesh Have Experienced An Unprecedented Growth Due To Increased Irrigation Facilities And Extensive Use Of Better Seeds, Fertilizers And Pesticides. At The Same Time There Has Been A Steep Rise In The Number Of Agricultural Labourers And Landlessness Is Acute. This Study Seeks To Explore The Nature Of This Agricultural Growth And Its Impact On Land Relations. The Problem Of Agricultural Growth In Bengal Is Closely Linked With The Issue Of Equity. The Study Therefore, Closely Examines Land Reform Measures Undertaken In West Bengal And Bangladesh To Put Ceiling On Land Holdings, To Redistribute Surplus Land Among The Poor And To Protect Tenurial Rights Of The Sharecroppers.
Download or read book Perspectives on Agrarian Bengal written by Chittabrata Palit and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agrarian System in Eastern Bengal C 1870 1910 written by Nariaki Nakazato and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vagrant Peasant written by Aditee Nag Chowdhury-Zilly and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agrarian Bengal Under the Raj written by Nisith Ranjan Ray and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed papers of a seminar held at the Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta, in 1980.
Download or read book Tensions in Bengal Rural Society written by Chittabrata Palit and published by Calcutta : Progressive Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of agrarian change.
Download or read book The Agrarian System of Bengal 1793 1955 written by Anil Chandra Banerjee and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tenancy Relations and Agrarian Development written by Sankar Kumar Bhaumik and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1993-09-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author must be credited with making an objective and analytical study of the highly controversial issues, which more often than not run into ideological warnings. The book deserves the attention of the scholars having interest in this area of research." --Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics Tenancy Relations and Agrarian Development offers a comprehensive understanding of the complex agrarian structure existing in rural West Bengal. Focusing specifically on the issue of share tenancy, the author carefully builds a historical profile of the events which were responsible for the spread of this system in colonial Bengal and which ultimately led to the growth of stringent and exploitative conditions of work which typify West Bengal today. As for the post-independence period, the author examines tenancy reform measures and analyzes the National Sample Survey data as well as actual field data. "Sankar Bhaumik has provided a comprehensive study with an in-depth analysis and careful interpretation of empirical data which will be very useful to social scientists, planners and politicians." --Seminar "Bhaumik's work is commendable in almost pioneering an empirical study on tenancy reforms in post 1977 West Bengal, without losing the overall perspective and framework of these changes." --Social Action "The book serves its purpose well by offering rich evidence and insights to those interested in understanding the issues of tenancy from broad historical as well as empirical perspective . . . . Tenancy Relations and Agrarian Development is a welcome addition to the existing literature on tenancy relations in particular and land reforms in literature on tenancy relations in a particular and land reforms in general. This publication will be useful to policymakers, students, and academicians within and outside West Bengal." --The Administrator "The study provides a clear understanding of the historical processes through which the tenancy system evolved in Bengal, the role it entailed for the partners in tenancy contracts and the manner in which tenancy relations were modified at different phases in history." --Rural Development Abstracts "For many years, scholars have focused on the question of agrarian development in India. Sankar Kumar Bhaumik's book is a very valuable addition to this literature. Concentrating on the issue of tenancy relations in West Bengal, it provides both new insights to changes that have occurred in agriculture there as well as a broader comparative perspective on that form of production for capitalist development as a whole. One of the strengths of this study is its capacity to place its mode of enquiry within the general theoretical debate on share tenancy and to locate its outcomes in terms of the issues raised by this body of literature. Another strength is its understanding of the historical forces which have shaped the condition of post-colonial share tenancy in West Bengal. Indeed, these two factors, along with the comprehensive grasp of available empirical matter, make it an excellent book.... Bhaumik has produced an excellent study, informed not only by a clear mastery of the theoretical and historical literature relating to the issue of tenancy relations in West Bengal, but also by an enviable grasp of the empirical dimensions and details of such relationships. For those interested in tenancy relations in West Bengal, this book is necessary reading. For those interested in tenancy relations throughout India or comparative regions, this book is highly recommended reading." --South Asia
Download or read book Continuity and Change in Rural West Bengal written by Georges Kristoffel Lieten and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Faces of Protest written by Amrita Basu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on case studies of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal and Shramik Sangathana in Maharashtra, this ground-breaking new work examines Indian women's political activism. Investigating institutional change at the state level and protest at the village level, Amrita Basu traces the paths of two kinds of political activism among these women. With insights gleaned from extensive interviews with activists, government officials, and ordinary men and women, she finds that militancy has been fueled by pronounced sexual and class cleavages combined with potentially rancorous ethnic division. Thorough in its fieldwork, incisive in its political analysis, Two Faces of Protest offers a richly textured and sensitive view of women's political activism in the Third World. 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 1992.
Download or read book Agrarian Bengal written by Sugata Bose and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-02-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as being an outstanding contribution to Indian economic and social history, this book draws important conclusions about peasant politics in general and about the effects of international economic fluctuations on primary producing countries. Dr Bose develops a general typology of systems of agrarian production in Bengal to show how these responded to different types of pressure from the world economy, and treats in detail the effects of the world Depression on Bengal. Separate chapters are devoted to the themes of agrarian conflict and religious strife in east Bengal, the agrarian dimension of mass nationalism in west Bengal and sharecroppers agitations in the frontier regions. The conclusion attempts a synthesis of the typology of agrarian social structure and the periodisation of peasant politics, placing this in the wider context of agrarian societies and protest in other parts of India and in South-east Asia.
Download or read book Agrarian Reforms Land Markets and Rural Poor written by D. Narasimha Reddy and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised version of papers presented at the National Workshop on Land Markets and Rural Poverty, held at Mussoorie during 10-11 August 2004.
Download or read book An Agrarian History of South Asia written by David Ludden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Bengal Delta written by I. Iqbal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a focus on colonial Bengal, this book demonstrates how the dynamics of agrarian prosperity or decline, communal conflicts, poverty and famine can only be properly understood from an ecological perspective as well as discussions of state's coercion and popular resistance, market forces and dependency, or contested cultures and consciousness.
