Feeding the Baniya
Author | : David Hardiman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 0195651995 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780195651997 |
Rating | : 4/5 (997 Downloads) |
Download or read book Feeding the Baniya written by David Hardiman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides important insights into a relationship which has been crucial to life in rural India - that between peasants and usurers. It explores the relationship in a rounded way, examining how states extended support to usurer, as well as how Baniyas exerted a power that was both economic and ideological.