Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 9 SEPTEMBER/ NUMBER 2/3 OCTOBER 1980 CONTENTS Banjit Sau ^ 3 Class Struggles, Economic Laws and Historical Mate- rialism C T Kurien 12 The ^Scalc Factor" in Agricul- ture: An Analysis of Some Tamil Nadu Data K Balan Pillai 30 The Structure of Costs and K Ramachandran Nair Returns in the Cashew Indus- try in Kerala Abanti Kwadu 41 Pattern of Organization of the Handloom Industry in West Bengal, Part Two NOTES Harisb K Pari 53 Revolutionary Organization: A Study of the Ghadar Movement Raaj Sah 67 Features of British Indigo in India Chandralekha 80 Militant Origins of Indian Dance Deepak M Kambuj 86 Marxist Position in Aesthetics of Architecture K Bharatan 96 The Special Bearer Bonds Scheme BOOK REVIEW Virendra K Roy 106 The Chilean Lesson Articles, notes and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.