REVIEW ARTICLE 101 prerequisite which is ecologically grounded, namely the intensive cropping which is made possible by the irrigation system which makes high levels of rent possible. The dry area in contrast has not got the same level of potential rent and therefore it never allowed room for the same type of landlordism as in the river irrigated tracts.' (p. 305) Despite the authors* claim to the contrary, this kind of logic displays a certain ecological determinism. What they have are two distinct ecotypes, displaying distinct characteristics. The relationship between the two cannot run entirely in the fashion outlined, as would become evident when we look at large tracts of landlordism in rainfed Bihar, or even the erstwhile malguzari regions of Madhya Pradesh. The study has attempted an analysis of the different trajectories of agrarian change in two distinct ecotypes across a formidable, but stimulating, canvas. It answers some questions, raises many more 'by demonstrating the structural transfomation that has occurred or is underway in Indian agriculture, and by suggesting some methodological tools for the further study of that process.' (p. 315)