The great agrarian conquest : the colonial reshaping of a rural world /
by Neeladri Bhattacharya.
- Ranikhet : Permanent Black Publocations ;
- xix, 522 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Introduction: The great agrarian conquest -- I. Governing thr rural -- Masculine paternalism and colonial governance -- II. The agrarian imaginary -- How villages were found -- In search of tenures -- The power of categories -- Codifying custom -- III. From code to practice -- Remembered pasts -- Beyond the code -- Fear of the fragment -- IV. From the "Primitive" to the modern. Colonising the commons -- The promise of modernity, antinomies of development -- Epilogue: The last ride -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Agricultural colonies--History.--India--Punjab Agriculture and state--History.--India--Punjab Social change--History.--India--Punjab Villages--History.--India--Punjab