Peasants versus Capitalists in the Indian Sugar Industry
The Impact of the Irrigation Frontier
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3615345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald W Attwood (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-80 |
| Publication date | 1985-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2056824 |
| OpenAlex | W2080057404 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 26 |
Has the organization of commercial agriculture in the Third World been shaped primarily by external forces from the world economy? This study of sugar production in northern and western India shows that industrialists were generally unable to impose a plantation system on the local peasantry, despite the great technical and economic advantages of doing so. Control of the land, in most cases, did not pass into the hands of industrialists. The organization of crop production remained almost unchanged in the north, while in the west, despite initial progress toward a plantation system, the local cultivators responded by taking control of the industry into their own hands. Thus, contrary to experience in much of the New World, Indian villagers did not become passive victims of the sugar industry; those in the west went even further, in taking over the industry themselves. The contrast between these regions can be explained in part by the temporary existence of an "irrigation frontier" in the west
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Control (management) · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Frontier · Geography · Irrigation · Management · Market economy · North west · Production (economics) · Sugar · Sugar industry · Sugar production · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Indian Economic and Social Development · Social and Economic Development in India
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |