Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India

by Akhil Gupta

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This definitive study brings together recent critiques of development and work in postcolonial studies to explore what the postcolonial condition has meant to rural people in the Third World. Focusing on local-level agricultural practices in India since the "green revolution" of the 1960s, Akhil Gupta challenges the dichotomy of "developed" and "underdeveloped," as well as the notion of a monolithic postcolonial condition. In so doing, he advances...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822322137

ISBN13:9780822322139

Release Date:July 1998

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.63 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"

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Agricultural Sciences Asia Business & Investing Economic Conditions Economics Environmental Economics History India Political Economy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Science & Math

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