Agrarian contradictions and resistance in Faizabad district of Oudh (India)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2158587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Smita Tewari Jassal (University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 312-337 |
| Publication date | 1980-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066158008438108 |
| OpenAlex | W2049374812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The history of the Indian peasantry is a rather unexplored area even today. Hence, as some historians have complained with reference to histories of their own societies, a subject as vital as peasant resistance has received little attention despite a strong tradition of peasant militancy.1 During the British period peasant resistance was greatly in evidence in the Awadh region. In this paper we examine the pattern and magnitude of peasant resistance in Faizabad, one of the major districts of Awadh, between 18S8 and 1920. This period was marked by the development and sharpening of internal contradictions in the agrarian structure and by resistance by various classes. It was the policies of the British administrators which played a vital role in sharpening the contradictions and strengthening one class at the cost of others. This paper brings out the nature and forms ofresistance; the manner in which it was built up over time; the reasons for its success in some cases and failure in others; and finally the inability of these frequent but isolated cases of resistance to culminate in a mass movement. The above exercise also leads one to question some of the basic assumptions of conventional Indian sociology which tend to assign to kinship and caste a predominant role in containing social tensions, including those emerging from agrarian contradictions. Contrary to the conventional view, membership in a kin or caste group does not necessarily lead to solidarity between members if they belong to different economic groups
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Caste · Development economics · Economics · Famine · Geography · Kinship · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Solidarity · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropology · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |