Social Power and Everyday Class Relations : Agrarian Transformation in North Bihar Book

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION The Problem The Village The Collection of Data PART TWO: THE ANTECEDENTS OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE Preliminary Observations Ecology and Agrarian Relations The Traditional Agricultural Cycle PART THREE: THE EMERGENCE OF NEW PRODUCTION RELATIONS The Problem The Decline of Sharecropping The Consequences of Canal Irrigation A Note on the Price Situation Pertaining to Crops Cultivated on Irrigated Land Coping with the New Agricultural Cycle Keeping Pace with Crop Time Concluding Observations PART FOUR: CLASSES IN AGHANBIGHA The Problem The Classes Class Profiles Concluding Observations PART FIVE: THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR Preliminary Observations The Recruitment of Labour Concluding Observations PART SIX: THE EXTRACTION OF LABOUR, PART ONE: THE WORKING-DAY Preliminary Observations The Working-Day Concluding Observations PART SEVEN: THE EXTRACTION OF LABOUR, PART TWO: WAGES Preliminary Observations Daily Wages Payments of Harvesting Paddy Labour by Contract The Wages of Farm Servants Concluding Observations PART EIGHT: CONCLUSIONS Preliminary Observations Some Reflections on Labour Relations in Aghanbigha Caste, Class and State