Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 11 JUNE NUMBER 6 1983 ^ EDITOR CONTENTSPrabhat Patnalk EDITORIAL BOARDM J K Thavaraj Editorial Note 1 Jacob Eapen Kitty Menon Madhu PrasadLiterature and the Colonial Connection EDITORIAL OFFICE424, v p House. Sudhir Chandra 3New Delhi-110 001 CIRCULATION AND Dialectical Contradiction in the Sciences ADV™B^ -KKTheckedath 48 Trivandrum-695 001 SUBSCRIPTION RATES INLAND Nora31 years . Rs 150, ^v 2 years • Rs 120 The Village as a Unit of Invest fg^f^n Annual : Rs 65 ^ /(Students FRS 50) — G ? M4hra 61 Wi^es^tfi Ry35 Single copy . Rs 6 ,. , FOREIGN BOOK REVIEW (Annual in V S dollars)Sea Mail . 18Air Mail China's Socialist Economy (USA and Canada) . 30(Other countries) : 24 — R Ramana 68 Articles, note and review express the view^s of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or oj the Indian School of Social Sciences.