Social Power and Everyday Class Relations: Agrarian Transformation in North Bihar

Social Power and Everyday Class Relations: Agrarian Transformation in North Bihar

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`This excellent study of agriaran class relations in north Bihar has some old-fashioned virtues. It is compellingly documented, lucidly written, and deals with issues that clearly matter - and not just to Indianists' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

`Anand Chakravarti has movingly and convincingly shown us that the Kosi River remains a "River of Sorrow" for the downtrodden in Aghanbigha' - Christopher V Hill, Contemporary South Asia

This book, based on intensive fieldwork, examines the inter-connection between the social power wielded by members of the dominant land-owning caste and their practice of agrarian capitalism.

Social Power and Everyday Class Relations: Agrarian Transformation in North Bihar,Anand Chakravarti,Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd,0761995021,Agriculture,Agriculture - General,Agriculture Of Developing Countries,Bihar,Development - Economic Development,Discrimination & Racism,Economic aspects,General,India,Land tenure,Social Science,Social Stratification,Social classes,Sociology,Business & Economics / Economic Development,Developing countries,Development studies,Sociology, Social Studies

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