Essays in Indian History

Towards a Marxist Perception

By (author) Irfan Habib

Publication date:

01 September 2002

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

234x155mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781843310617

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

This volume brings together, for the first time, several of Professor Habib's essays, representing three decades of scholarship and providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history from the standpoint of Marxist historiography.

Preface; Acknowledgements; Problems of Marxist Historiography; Marx's Perception of India; The Social Distribution of Landed Property in Pre-British India: A Historical Survey; The Peasant in Indian History; Caste in Indian History; Potentialities of Capitalistic Development in the Economy of Mughal India; Processes of Accumulation in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India; Colonization of the Indian Economy 1757-1900; Studying a Colonial Economy - Without Perceiving Colonialism; The Economic History of Medieval India: A Survey