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Economy and society : Essays in Indian economic and social history / edited by K.N. Chauduri And Clive J. Dewey

Contributor(s): Publication details: Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1979.Description: x, 358p. ; 22cmISBN:
  • 9780195610734 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.954 CHA
Contents:
CONTENTS Preface Part 1: AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 1 Social Power and Social Change in the United Provinces 1860-1920 P. J. MUSGRAVE 2 Madras Headmen CHRISTOPHER BAKER 3 26 3 A Study of Land Transfers in Mau Tahsil, District Jhansi DIRK H. A. KOLFF 53 4 Canal Irrigation and Agrarian Change: The Experience of the Ganges Canal Tract, Muzaffarnagar District (U.P.), 1840-1900 IAN STONE 5 Trends in the Agricultural Performance of an Indian Province: The Bombay Presidency, 1900-1920 NEIL CHARLESWORTH 113 Part II: TRADE AND FINANCE 86 6 Markets and Traders in India during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries K. N. CHAUDHURI 143 7 Bombay Merchants and Structural Changes in the Export Community 1850 to 1880 MARIKA VICZIANY 163 8 Monetary Policy and Economic Development: The Rupee Ratio Question 1921-1927 B. R. TOMLINSON 197 Part III: INDUSTRY AND LABOUR 9 The Government of India's 'New Industrial Policy", 1900-1925: Formation and Failure CLIVE DEWEY 10 The Distribution of the Indian Working Force, 1901-1951 J. KRISHNAMURTY 11 Social Factors in the Recruitment of the Bombay Millhands RK. NEWMAN Part IV: TOWNS 12 Changing Form and Function in the Ceremonial and the Colonial Port City in India: An Historical Analysis of Madurai and Madras SUSAN J. LEWANDOWSKI 13 Urbanization and the Introduction of Modern Town Planning Ideas in India, 1900-1925 H. E. MELLER Index
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CONTENTS

Preface

Part 1: AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

1 Social Power and Social Change in the United Provinces 1860-1920

P. J. MUSGRAVE

2 Madras Headmen CHRISTOPHER BAKER

3

26

3 A Study of Land Transfers in Mau Tahsil, District Jhansi

DIRK H. A. KOLFF

53

4 Canal Irrigation and Agrarian Change: The Experience of the Ganges Canal Tract, Muzaffarnagar District (U.P.), 1840-1900

IAN STONE

5 Trends in the Agricultural Performance of an Indian Province: The Bombay Presidency, 1900-1920

NEIL CHARLESWORTH

113

Part II: TRADE AND FINANCE

86

6 Markets and Traders in India during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

K. N. CHAUDHURI

143

7 Bombay Merchants and Structural Changes in the Export Community 1850 to 1880

MARIKA VICZIANY

163

8 Monetary Policy and Economic Development: The Rupee Ratio Question 1921-1927

B. R. TOMLINSON

197

Part III: INDUSTRY AND LABOUR

9 The Government of India's 'New Industrial Policy",

1900-1925: Formation and Failure

CLIVE DEWEY

10 The Distribution of the Indian Working Force,

1901-1951

J. KRISHNAMURTY

11 Social Factors in the Recruitment of the Bombay Millhands

RK. NEWMAN

Part IV: TOWNS

12 Changing Form and Function in the Ceremonial and the Colonial Port City in India: An Historical Analysis of Madurai and Madras

SUSAN J. LEWANDOWSKI

13 Urbanization and the Introduction of Modern Town Planning Ideas in India, 1900-1925

H. E. MELLER

Index