Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 11 DECEMBER NUMBER 12 1983 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik EDITORIAL BOARD M J K Thavaraj Editorial Note 1 Jacob Eapen Kitty Menon 77^ Ahom Political System: An enquiry into the State Madhu Prasad Formation Process in Medieval Assam (1228-1714) EDITORIAL OFFICE - Amalendu Guha 3 424. v p House, class Struggle and Transition to Specifically Capi' New Delhi-110 001 ^^ p^ ^ py^uction: Some Conclusions of a CIRCULATION AND stu^ °t coir Indust^ w Kerala ADVERTISEMENT — T M Thomas Isaac 35 Trivandrum^ 00? Women Workers and Class Struggles in Alleppey, 1938-1950 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ~~ v Meera 47 INLAND NOTE ^e^Rsl^O On Social Forestry 2 years . KS 12U - n A ^Q Annual : Rs 65 •— U A O^ (Students: Rs 50) COMMUNICATION Half-yearly : Rs 35 Single copy : Rs 6 Regional Disparities in India—A Response — Biswaroop Das 64 FOREIGN (Annual in U S dollars) BOOK REVIEW Sea Mail : 18 Development Literature and Writers from Developing (USA and Canad^T^O Countries: The Case of Turkey (Other countries) : 24 — S C 67 Articles, Note, Communication and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.