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Canal irrigation in British India

Stone Ian

Canal irrigation in British India Perspectives on technological change in a peasant economy - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1984 - 374P xiii PB

Agriculture - Irrigation - Economic Aspects Irrigation Canals & Flumes - Rural Conditions Peasants - Economic History

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Development of the canal system
3. Canal irrigation as an appropriate technology
4. Impact on agricultural production and organisation
5. Pricing
6. Management, control, and distribution
7. Protection against famine
8. Canal irrigation and the dynamism of the western UP
Appendices
Glossary of Indian terms
Bibliography
Index.

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