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Credit,markets and the agrarian economy of colonial India /Sugata Bose.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: : Donated by Prof. Romila ThaparPublication details: Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1994.Description: viii, 333p. : 24cmISBN:
  • 0195633083
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.43 BOS
Summary: This study draws on a variety of historiographical approaches to explore a theme central to all discussions of the colonial economy in India. Bose considers such questions as why peasants borrowed, how credit intruded into peasants' lives and transformed their world, how we may most usefully characterize the relationship between peasants and usurers, and how debtors perceive their creditors.
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This study draws on a variety of historiographical approaches to explore a theme central to all discussions of the colonial economy in India. Bose considers such questions as why peasants borrowed, how credit intruded into peasants' lives and transformed their world, how we may most usefully characterize the relationship between peasants and usurers, and how debtors perceive their creditors.

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