Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: AGRICULTURE AND POPULATION
Champaran and Its People
The Colonization and Settlement of the Land
Agricultural Production
Water Utilization
The Agricultural System
Labour Utilization
PART TWO: LAND AND POWER
The Lords of the Land
The Expansion of the State
Masters and Dependants
PART THREE: MARKET AND GROWTH
The Market for Foodgrains
Peasant Export Production
The Market for the Factors of Production
Surplus Accumulation and Investment
Conclusion

Reviews

′This is a classical study, of unmatched detail and comprehensiveness... It has much to offer not just students of south Asia, but any reader of agricultural history and development′ - Peter Robb, The Agricultural History Review