Agrarian and Other Histories: Essays for Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri

DETAILS : 

• Author :  Shubhra Chakrabarti
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tulika Books 
  
• Publication date : 27 March 2018
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 326 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9382381953
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9382381952
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 800 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Agrarian and Other Histories: Essays for Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri, edited by Shubhra Chakrabarti and Utsa Patnaik, is a prestigious collection of scholarly essays compiled as a festschrift to honor the monumental contributions of Professor Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri.

The volume serves as a critical survey of Indian economic and social history, with a heavy emphasis on the agrarian transformations that occurred during the colonial period. It brings together leading historians to discuss themes ranging from land rights and tribal movements to trade, ecology, and the socio-economic impact of British rule in India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shubhra Chakrabarti: A respected historian and former professor at the University of Delhi, specialized in the economic history of early colonial India and trade relations.

Utsa Patnaik: A world-renowned Marxist economist and historian whose work on the "drain of wealth" and agrarian distress in India has been foundational to post-colonial economic theory.