Canal Irrigation in British India: Perspectives on Technological Change in a Peasant Economy
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Although one of the acknowledged achievements of the British Raj was the extensive construction of irrigation works, their effects have to date been little studied by historians. In this book Dr Stone has undertaken the first full-scale study of the qualitative and quantitative effects on local economics of these irrigation schemes. Focusing upon the region of western Uttar Pradesh in the nineteenth century, the author examines in detail the response...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521526639
ISBN13:9780521526630
Release Date:July 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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