Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 11 OCTOBER NUMBER 10 1983 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik EDITORIAL BOARD M J K Thavaraj Editorial Note 1 Jacob Eapen Kitty Menon Madhu Prasad Piero Sraffa (1898-1983) — Krishna Bharadwaj 3 EDITORIAL OFFICE 424. V P House, American Involvement in Indian Agricultural New Delhi-110001 Research — Dinesh Abrol 8 CIRCULATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PBNoll6 Growth of Money Economy and Some Questions on Trivandrum-695 001 Transition in Late Pre'Colonial India — Frank Perlin 27 SUBSCRIPTION RATES INLAND Titu Meer's Rebellion: A Profile 3 years : Rs 150 2 years ; Rs 120 — Atis Dasgupta 39 Annual : Rs 65 (Students ; Rs 50) Choice, Welfare and Measurement Half-yearly : Rs 35 — Amal Sanyal 49 Single copy : Rs 6 FOREIGN (Annual in U S dollars) BOOK REVIEW Sea Mail : 18 Air Mail (USA and Canada) : 30 Dynamics of Rural Transformation (Other countries) : 24 — V B Athreya 57 Articles and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.