Rethinking revolutions : soyabean, choupals, and the changing countryside in central India /

An ethnographic study of the processes of agrarian change in the Malwa region of central India, over the last 40 years. It argues that both techno-managerial ways of understanding and evaluating agriculture, as well as those which emphasise the lenses of caste, class and gender, are inadequate in ca...

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Main Author: Kumar, Richa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Summary:An ethnographic study of the processes of agrarian change in the Malwa region of central India, over the last 40 years. It argues that both techno-managerial ways of understanding and evaluating agriculture, as well as those which emphasise the lenses of caste, class and gender, are inadequate in capturing the diverse processes at work in shaping the lives of rural people.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and index.
ISBN:9780199087013
0199087016