1st Edition

The Agrarian Question A Reader

Edited By R.V. Ramana Murthy Copyright 2021
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

The Agrarian Question and its resolution in the global context of capitalist development has a protracted scholarship developed over last one century and more. Capitalism in its last two centuries history has evolved through different historical stages since mercantile phase to industrial, national to imperialist and to post-imperialist post-colonial regimes. The agrarian question, understood as... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Secret of Primitive Accumulation 3. Genesis of the Capitalist Farmer 4. Peasant Question in France and Germany 5. The Agrarian Question 6. Is Class Struggle the Prime Mover in Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism? 7. Is Indian Agriculture Feudal, Semi-Feudal or Capitalist? 8. Three Models of Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: England, France and Prussia 9. Agrarian Question: ‘Then’ and ‘Now’ 10. The Agrarian Question Under Globalization 11. Capital and Non-Capital in Capitalism in India 12. Transition in Indian Agriculture: What Does the Data Tell Us? 13. The Agrarian Question Under Neoliberalism and Land Reforms in India 14. Agrarian Conditions in Telangana and AP: Summary of Observations 15. Dalits and the Land Question: A View from the Ground 16. The Nationalization of the Land

Biography

R.V.Ramana Murthy is Professor at the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, India.