Meanings of agriculture : essays in South Asian history and economics
- Delhi Oxford University Press 1996
- 389p.-
In this volume leading historians and economists from India and the West consider the conditions and purposes governing the practices and understandings of South Asian agriculture. They demonstrate some persistent features and variable forces which explain changes through their impact on different levels of decision-making in agriculture. New light is cast on both the pre-colonial and colonial periods, and on current development policies and problems.