Titles from Tulika
Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist Perception
IRFAN HABIB (Centre for Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University)
This volume brings together for the first time several of Professor Irfan 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. He
examines the role played by the peasantry and caste in Indian history; explores the forms
of class struggle and the stage of development of the economy in Mughal India; analyses
the impact of colonialism on the Indian economy; and chronicles the changes in Marx's
perception of India.
CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgements Problems of Marxist Historiography Marx's Perception of
India The Social Distribution of Landed Property in Pre-British India The Peasant in Indian History
Caste in Indian History Potentialities of Capitalistic Development in the Economy of Mughal India
Forms of Class Struggle in Mughal India Processes of Accumulation in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India Colonialization of the Indian Economy 1757-1900 Studying a Colonial EconomyWithout Perceiving Colonialism Index Demy 8vo Hardcover x+389 pages Rs450
Whatever Happened to Imperialism and Other Essays PRABHAT PATNAIK (Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU, New Delhi) The essays brought together in this volume are grouped around three main themes: the genesis of underdevelopment and the mechanism of its spontaneous reproduction; the contradictions of the state-promoted development process after decolonizaation; and the political economy underlying the process of 'economic liberalization'. The focus of these essays is theoretical rather than empirical: they seek to analyse structures on the basis of 'stylized facts* rather than with an examination of data per se. India provides the context in which they are written, but they have a wider relevance to developing countries. CONTENTS Introduction A Note on External Markets and Capitalist Development On the Political Economy of Underdevelopment A Synoptic View of Underdevelopment Lenin and Imperialism:
An Introduction Whatever Happened to Imperialism? P.C. Mahalanobis and the Theory of Development Planning Some Problems of Financing Public Investment in India The Market Question and Capitalist Development in India A Perspective on the Recent Phase of India's Economic Development On the Political Economy of Economic 'Liberalization' A Note on'the Political Economy of the 'Retreat of the State' Investment and Growth in a 'Liberalized' Economy
Index
Demy 8vo Hardcover xii^-244 pages Rs 275
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