The South Indian Economy Agrarian Change, Industrial Structure and State Policy, c. 1914-1947

by Bhattacharya, S.; Guha, Sumit; Mahadevan, Raman; Padhi, Sakti; Rao, G. N.

ISBN13: 9780195626421

ISBN10: 0195626427

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 1992-06-04

Publisher(s): Oxford University Press

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Summary

The essays in this volume examine various issues such as the effects of the state and colonial policy on the agrarian structure, business in princely states of British India, and commercialization processes in south India. All supported by case studies, these papers study the structure and dynamics of a regional economy.

Acknowledgements
Note on the Contributors and Editors
Introduction
Commodity Production and the Changing Agrarian Scenario in Andhra: A Study in Interregional Variations, c.191O - c.1947	p. 1
The Agrarian Setting, c. 1900	p. 3
The Study Period	p. 5
Commercial Crops in CAP (1910-34)	p. 6
Commercial Crops in RAP (1910-46)	p. 12
Factors Affecting the Crop Choice in CAP and RAP	p. 15
Transport and Commodity Production	p. 20
Marketing and Commodity Production	p. 21
Commodity Production and Trade	p. 25
Agrarian Scenario in Andhra	p. 30
Depression and the Agrarian Economy	p. 35
The War Period	p. 37
Commercialization, Money Capital and the Peasantry in Colonial Andhra, 1900-1940	p. 51
Expansion of Commercial Agriculture	p. 53
Trader-Usurer Capital and the Peasantry	p. 61
Commercialization of Agriculture and Changes in Distribution of Land Ownership in Kurnool District of Andhra (c.1900-50)	p. 78
Commodity Market in the District	p. 80
Credit Market (1900-50)	p. 88
Land Market (1900-50)	p. 91
Commercialization and Inequalities of Land Ownership	p. 99
Conclusions	p. 108
Agricultural Change in Tamil Nadu: 1918-55	p. 120
Trends in Agriculture	p. 121
Population Pressure and Agricultural Change	p. 137
Factors Limiting Agricultural Change	p. 142
Conclusions	p. 155
Industrial Entrepreneurship in Princely Travancore: 1930-47	p. 159
Emergence of the Modern Industrial Structure in Travancore: Thirties and Forties	p. 160
Rise of Entrepreneurship in Travancore	p. 169
Immigrant Capital and Modem Industrial Investment	p. 184
Appendix I : Paid-up Capital in 'Trade and Manufacturing' Sector in Travancore (Selected Break Up)	p. 203
Appendix II: Random Sample of Capital (Joint Stock) Invested in Certain Traditional Industries of Travancore for Select Years in 1930s and 1940s	p. 204
Appendix III: Profitability of Investment in Plantation Companies (Sample--Selected Years)	p. 205
Appendix IV : Profile of Capital Invested in the Major Modern Industries in Travancore During the 1940s	p. 206-207
Role of the State in Industrialization: The Case of Hyderabad	p. 208
The Evolution of Industry	p. 209
Growth and Limitations of Industry	p. 220
Conclusions	p. 234
Appendix I: Hyderabad in India: A Profile	p. 240
Appendix II: External Trade of Hyderabad	p. 240
Appendix III: Changing Composition of Trade	p. 241
Appendix IV: Industrial Exports	p. 241
Appendix V: TF and the Corporate Sector: 1929-50	p. 242
Labour Under Imperial Hegemony: The Case of Tea Plantations in South India, 1914-16	p. 243
Appendix I: Three-Year Moving Averages of Total Area Under Tea (Acres) Production (Tons) and Employment in the Tea Plantations	p. 267
Development of Preventive Health Care in the Madras Presidency: the Case of Malaria During the Inter-War Years	p. 268
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