The metamorphoses of agrarian capitalism

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-119

  Banaji, Jairus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrarian atlas; Agrarian capitalism; Agrarian regions; Colonial India; South Asian agrarian history

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COLONIALISM; ECONOMIC HISTORY; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CHEN;

EID: 1342327090     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0366.00026     Document Type: Article

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