Publisher description for Colonializing agriculture : the myth of Punjab exceptionalism / Mridula Mukherjee.
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In this study of the agrarian economy of Punjab in India's colonial period, the author takes the economic aspects of the lives of Punjab's peasants as a starting point for understanding the politics of this group from the 1920s to 1947. A comparison is made between Punjab and other regions of colonial India, especially Eastern India.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Peasantry -- India -- Punjab.
Agriculture -- India -- Punjab.
India -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1947.