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Robb, Peter

Peasants, political economy, and law / Peter Robb. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. - viii, 223 p. ; 24 cm. - Empire, identity, and India .

Contents*
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Agrarian Policy and Political Change
- Agrarian Policy and Law
- Political Organization
- Community and Interests
- Law, Economic Change, Interest Groups, and Rights
- Agrarian Structure and Economic Development
- Law and Agrarian Society in India: The Case of Bihar and the Nineteenth-century Tenancy Debate
- Peasants’ Choices? Indian Agriculture and the Limits of Commercialization in Nineteenth-century Bihar
- Hierarchy and Resources: Peasant Stratification in Late Nineteenth-century Bihar
- Labour in India, 1860–1920: Typologies, Change, and Regulation
- Index

ISBN: 9780195681604 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Land reform
Law and legislation
Peasants
Political activity

Dewey Class. No.: 333.3154 ROB-3