TY - BOOK AU - Bose,Sugata. AU - Sugata Bose. TI - Credit,markets and the agrarian economy of colonial India SN - 0195633083 U1 - 338.43 BOS PY - 1994/// CY - Delhi PB - : Oxford University Press KW - credit; markets KW - Economy N2 - 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 ER -