Outline of the curriculum for an advanced course entitled 'land tenure and the peasant in South Asia' to be conducted at the university of wisconsin during the 1972 spring semester.

The essays collected in this volume, first published in 1998, address the profound changes and disruptions wrought in peasant societies as a result of European colonial domination and the spread of the capitalist world economy from its European base. Detailed case study evidence is included in the essays, and all are aimed at delineating broader patterns and addressing general questions and debates regarding peasant responses to the varied impact of colonialism and capitalism.

An analysis of gender and property throughout South Asia which argues that the most important economic factor affecting women is the gender gap in command over property.

Annotated bibliography of publications relating to land tenure and agrarian reform in Asia - arranged by sub-region and country, covers agrarian structures, land reform, tenancy, land settlement, cooperative farming, collective farming, etc.