Peasant radicalism in nineteenth century Bengal : the Faraizi, Indigo, and Pabna movements /
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| Idioma: | English |
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Dhaka :
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Theories of Peasant Movements in South Asia
- Agrarian Setting of Bengal in the late
- 18th and early 19th Centuries
- The Faraizi Movement -
- The indigo Movement
- The Pabna Movement
- General Observations
- 1. FARAIZI, INDIGO AND PABNA MOVEMENTS:
- THE BACKGROUND
- Pre-colonial and Colonial Land Tenure Systems
- Colonial Commercial Policy
- Commercialization of Agriculture,
- jotedars and Socio-economic Change
- 2. THE FARAIZI MOVEMENT
- Islamic Ideology and Political Change
- The Faraizi Movement: A Historical Overview
- Anti-Faraizi Coalition: Zamindars, Planters and the Raj
- Faraizi Quest for Autonomy
- Strategy of the Movement: Non-cooperation
- Strategy of the Movement: Violence
- 3. THE INDIGO MOVEMENT
- History of Indigo Cultivation in !engal
- Planters, Zamindars and Ryots
- Dynamics of Indig'o esistance Movement
- Missionaries and Indigo Ryots
- British Indian Association and Indigo Ryots
- Individual Magistrates and Indigo Ryots
- Indigo Ryots' Defiance
- Leadership of the Movement
- 4. THE PABNA MOVEMENT
- Rack-renting
- Grievances of Occupancy Tenants
- Impact of Jute Cultivation
- Organization and Leadership of the Movement
- Government Policy towards the Movement
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.