On the Colonial Origins of Agricultural Development in India: A Re-examination of Banerjee and Iyer, 'History, Institutions and Economic Performance'

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1631-1646

  Iversen, Vegard ^a   Palmer Jones, Richard ^b   Sen, Kunal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; COLONIALISM; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; GREEN REVOLUTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND TENURE; POST-INDEPENDENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 84890117567     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.807502     Document Type: Article

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