Neil Charlesworth
Biographic Data
| ID | 92600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Charlesworth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Charlesworth |
| SIGNATURE | CHARLESWORTH N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
An Indian Rural Economy, 1880-1955
Rural Labourers in Bengal, 1880 to 1980
The Problem of Government Finance in British India
It isan axiom of India's economic history that government financial resources during the last half-century of the British period were inadequate. 'The poverty of India was matched by the poverty of its government' writes Dharma Kumar inThe Cambridge Economic Historyand she estimates that 'except during the two wars of the twentieth century, the tax revenues amounted to a mere 5 to 7 per cent of the national income'. Raymond Goldsmith's assessment…
British Rule and the Indian Economy, 1800-1914
The State, Industrialization, and Class Formations in India
The purpose of this book, first published in 1982, is to probe the nature of the state in India and the role played by it in the evolution of the social economy, particularly in the growth of industry. In fact, the problematic of the state and its relationship with socio-economic progression or regression is a dialectic process. What this book does is attempt to unravel this dialectic, by following the theory and method of Maxism
The roots of rural agitation in India, 1914–1947
This constitutes a reply to David Hardiman's recent criticism of my article on the middle peasant thesis and its applicability to late colonial India. It challenges Hardiman's notion of the middle peasantry as too narrow and not the indisputable Leninist definition. Further, it emphasizes the emergence of a more flexible agrarian economy and society which, whilst not necessarily ‘capitalist’, renders redundant the concept of a traditional middle …
Themes and Problems in Indian Economic History, 1914-1939
Third World Economic History Group
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The Political Economy of the Raj, 1914-47. The Economics of Decolonization in India
The 'middle peasant thesis' and the roots of rural agitation in India, 1914-1947
Peasant agitations during the last decades of British rule in India are now receiving increasing attention. Despite a diversity of arguments concerning their origins within the peasantry, one popular model is that developed by Wolf and Alavi of the potential radicalism of a landowning subsistence middle peasantry. The thesis is here examined both in terms of its general analytical value for India and by studying one particular movement, the campa…
The Russian Stratification Debate and India
To debate about patterns of economic and social mobility within peasant societies is hardly a new game. In particular, our modern discussions are the heirs of a Russian heritage, inevitably mirroring, in some aspect, the great arguments about agrarian change which raged there between the late nineteenth century and collectivization. Two elements ensured for the Russian literature a special cogency and the potential for widespread application. Fir…
The Myth of the Deccan Riots of 1875
In the early summer of 1875 agrarian rioting occurred in the Bombay Deccan. The disturbances began at Supa, a market village in Bhimthari taluka of Poona District, where on 12 May an unruly peasant mob attacked the houses and shops of the local Gujarati moneylenders. 'The combustible elements were everywhere ready'1and the riots spread through the poor, eastern regions of Poona and Ahmednagar Districts. The riots were directed entirely at the vil…
The Myth of the Deccan Riots of 1875
In the early summer of 1875 agrarian rioting occurred in the Bombay Deccan. The disturbances began at Supa, a market village in Bhimthari taluka of Poona District, where on 12 May an unruly peasant mob attacked the houses and shops of the local Gujarati moneylenders. 'The combustible elements were everywhere ready'1and the riots spread through the poor, eastern regions of Poona and Ahmednagar Districts. The riots were directed entirely at the vil…
The 'middle peasant thesis' and the roots of rural agitation in India, 1914-1947
Peasant agitations during the last decades of British rule in India are now receiving increasing attention. Despite a diversity of arguments concerning their origins within the peasantry, one popular model is that developed by Wolf and Alavi of the potential radicalism of a landowning subsistence middle peasantry. The thesis is here examined both in terms of its general analytical value for India and by studying one particular movement, the campa…
The Russian Stratification Debate and India
To debate about patterns of economic and social mobility within peasant societies is hardly a new game. In particular, our modern discussions are the heirs of a Russian heritage, inevitably mirroring, in some aspect, the great arguments about agrarian change which raged there between the late nineteenth century and collectivization. Two elements ensured for the Russian literature a special cogency and the potential for widespread application. Fir…
The Problem of Government Finance in British India
It isan axiom of India's economic history that government financial resources during the last half-century of the British period were inadequate. 'The poverty of India was matched by the poverty of its government' writes Dharma Kumar inThe Cambridge Economic Historyand she estimates that 'except during the two wars of the twentieth century, the tax revenues amounted to a mere 5 to 7 per cent of the national income'. Raymond Goldsmith's assessment…
The Political Economy of the Raj, 1914-47. The Economics of Decolonization in India
The roots of rural agitation in India, 1914–1947
This constitutes a reply to David Hardiman's recent criticism of my article on the middle peasant thesis and its applicability to late colonial India. It challenges Hardiman's notion of the middle peasantry as too narrow and not the indisputable Leninist definition. Further, it emphasizes the emergence of a more flexible agrarian economy and society which, whilst not necessarily ‘capitalist’, renders redundant the concept of a traditional middle …
The Myth of the Deccan Riots of 1875
In the early summer of 1875 agrarian rioting occurred in the Bombay Deccan. The disturbances began at Supa, a market village in Bhimthari taluka of Poona District, where on 12 May an unruly peasant mob attacked the houses and shops of the local Gujarati moneylenders. 'The combustible elements were everywhere ready'1and the riots spread through the poor, eastern regions of Poona and Ahmednagar Districts. The riots were directed entirely at the vil…
The Russian Stratification Debate and India
To debate about patterns of economic and social mobility within peasant societies is hardly a new game. In particular, our modern discussions are the heirs of a Russian heritage, inevitably mirroring, in some aspect, the great arguments about agrarian change which raged there between the late nineteenth century and collectivization. Two elements ensured for the Russian literature a special cogency and the potential for widespread application. Fir…
The Political Economy of the Raj, 1914-47. The Economics of Decolonization in India
The 'middle peasant thesis' and the roots of rural agitation in India, 1914-1947
Peasant agitations during the last decades of British rule in India are now receiving increasing attention. Despite a diversity of arguments concerning their origins within the peasantry, one popular model is that developed by Wolf and Alavi of the potential radicalism of a landowning subsistence middle peasantry. The thesis is here examined both in terms of its general analytical value for India and by studying one particular movement, the campa…
Third World Economic History Group
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The roots of rural agitation in India, 1914–1947
This constitutes a reply to David Hardiman's recent criticism of my article on the middle peasant thesis and its applicability to late colonial India. It challenges Hardiman's notion of the middle peasantry as too narrow and not the indisputable Leninist definition. Further, it emphasizes the emergence of a more flexible agrarian economy and society which, whilst not necessarily ‘capitalist’, renders redundant the concept of a traditional middle …
Themes and Problems in Indian Economic History, 1914-1939
British Rule and the Indian Economy, 1800-1914
The State, Industrialization, and Class Formations in India
The purpose of this book, first published in 1982, is to probe the nature of the state in India and the role played by it in the evolution of the social economy, particularly in the growth of industry. In fact, the problematic of the state and its relationship with socio-economic progression or regression is a dialectic process. What this book does is attempt to unravel this dialectic, by following the theory and method of Maxism
The Problem of Government Finance in British India
It isan axiom of India's economic history that government financial resources during the last half-century of the British period were inadequate. 'The poverty of India was matched by the poverty of its government' writes Dharma Kumar inThe Cambridge Economic Historyand she estimates that 'except during the two wars of the twentieth century, the tax revenues amounted to a mere 5 to 7 per cent of the national income'. Raymond Goldsmith's assessment…
An Indian Rural Economy, 1880-1955
Rural Labourers in Bengal, 1880 to 1980
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