1 Introduction
Collapse2 The Story of the ‘Slater Village’ Studies of Agrarian Change in Tamil Nadu, and Methodological Reflections Upon Them
Sample Selection
The Village Questionnaire
The Findings of the Original Studies and Their Limitations
Later Studies—Findings and Limitations
Methodological Reflections
References
3 Plain Tales from the Plains: A Personal Account of Researching in Rural Bijnor over Three Decades
4 Strengths and Weaknesses of Long-term Village Studies: Reflections on Methods and Research Design from Studies in Bangladesh
5 How Lives Change: Six Decades in a North Indian Village
6 Four Decades of Village Studies and Surveys in Bihar
7 A Forgotten ‘Revolution’: Revisiting Rural Life and Agrarian Change in Haryana
8 Assessing Change: Land, Labour, and Employment in an Eastern Uttar Pradesh Village, 1994–2012
9 Thirty Years On: Work and Well-being in Rural Bihar
10 Rural Tamil Nadu in the Liberalization Era: What Do We Learn from Village Studies?
11 Non-farm Diversification, Inequality, and Mobility in Palanpur
12 Rural Gounders on the Move in Western Tamil Nadu: 1981–2 to 2008–9
13 Changes in Rural Labour Markets in Bihar: 1981–2011
14 Migration from Rural Bihar: Insights from a Longitudinal Study (1981–2011)
15 Public Services, Social Relations, Politics, and Gender: Tales from a North Indian Village
16 Caste and Land Distribution: Results from a Village Resurvey in Maharashtra, 1964–2007
17 Ideas and Substance in Rural–Urban Economic Relations: The Contribution of a Long-term Urban Study in South India