Agrarian Modernity and Development in India : Postcolonial Rurality / Shibsankar Jena.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jena, Shibsankar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm life in literature.

Rural conditions in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

The social science discourse on the power of modernity and its everyday negotiation with tradition and locality in India has been a matter of continuous debate and discussion among academicians since the colonial era. By taking agriculture as a special field of investigation, this book describes the condition of 'modernity' in the agrarian social system of contemporary India. Farming is not only an economic activity, but also a personality formation where 'status' plays a significant role in Indian society. Taking 'culture', and 'social status' as the two important variables in the local 'agriculture as performance', this book develops a sociology of knowledge approach towards agrarian modernity and development in postcolonial India.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jena, Shibsankar Agrarian Modernity and Development in India

ISBN:

1-5275-5289-6