The Peasant and the Raj
Title | The Peasant and the Raj PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Stokes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1978-03-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521216845 |
These twelve essays explore the nature of south Asian agrarian society and examine the extent to which it changed during the period of British rule. The central focus of the book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four of the studies look at the agrarian explosion that formed the background to the 1857 Mutiny. The essays give a coherent historical treatment of the Indian peasant world, and the paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to the student of peasant studies and to the sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.
The Peasant and the Raj
Title | The Peasant and the Raj PDF eBook |
Author | Erich T. Stokes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Land tenure |
ISBN | 9780706906974 |
The Peasant and the Raj
Title | The Peasant and the Raj PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Stokes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2014-08-31 |
Genre | SOCIAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | 9781316177921 |
These twelve essays explore the nature of south Asian agrarian society and examine the extent to which it changed during the period of British rule. The central focus of the book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four of the studies look at the agrarian explosion that formed the background to the 1857 Mutiny. The essays give a coherent historical treatment of the Indian peasant world, and the paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to the student of peasant studies and to the sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.
The Peasant and the Raj : Studies in Agrarian Society and Rebellion in Colonial India
Title | The Peasant and the Raj : Studies in Agrarian Society and Rebellion in Colonial India PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Land tenure |
ISBN |
The Limited Raj
Title | The Limited Raj PDF eBook |
Author | Anand A. Yang |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2023-04-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520329600 |
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 1989.
The Peasant Armed
Title | The Peasant Armed PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Stokes |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
In this book the late Eric Stokes, the foremost British historian of India of his generation, provides an in-depth analysis of the roots of the Indian Mutiny-rebellion of 1857, explaining the British victory and the mutineers' failure to consolidate their revolt.
Armies of the Raj
Title | Armies of the Raj PDF eBook |
Author | Byron Farwell |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393308020 |
With a profusion of anecdotes conveying the character of India under British rule. Farwell offers a panoramic survey of the Indian army during the 90 years between the Sepoy Revolt and the births of independent India and Pakistan ...