An Agrarian History of South Asia (The New Cambridge History of India) - Softcover

Ludden, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052117967X ISBN 13: 9780521179676

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

David Ludden provides a comprehensive historical framework for the understanding of regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. Adopting a long-term view, he treats South Asia not as a single civilization territory, but as a patchwork of agrarian regions, with their own social, cultural and political histories. He traces these histories from medieval times to the present. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, this will be a valuable resource for students of agrarian and regional history, as well as comparative world history.

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Book Description:

A comprehensive historical framework for understanding the regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. Adopting a long-term view, the author treats South Asia not as a single civilization territory, but as a patchwork of agrarian regions, with their own social, cultural and political histories. The book traces these histories from medieval times to the present. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, it will be a valuable resource for students of agrarian and regional history, as well as of comparative world history.

About the Author:

C.A. Bayly is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He is winner of the 2004 Wolfson History Prize for his distinguished contribution to the writing of history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 052117967X
• ISBN 13: 9780521179676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278