Description |
xiii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
Series |
Studies in social ecology and environmental history |
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Studies in social ecology and environmental history.
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Contents |
1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Case Studies in Comparative Context -- 2. Local Heterogeneity: The Case Study Villages Compared -- Pt. II. Agrarian Change in Groundwater-Dependent Societies -- 3. Agricultural Transformation in North Gujarat 1950-90 -- 4. Water Control and Agrarian Transition in Ratanpura 1890-1996 -- 5. Lagged Innovation: Agrarian Transition in Paldi 1900-96 -- 6. The Logic of Groundwater-led Agrarian Change -- Pt. III. Institutions of Agrarian Exchange -- 7. Groundwater Exchange Systems: A Comparative Analysis -- 8. Fluid Contracts: Function, History, and the Exercise of Power in Contract Formation -- 9. Exchange as Instituted Process: The Local Politics of Groundwater Exchange -- 10. Conclusion |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [268]-277) and index |
Subject |
Groundwater -- India -- Gujarat.
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Groundwater -- Economic aspects -- India -- Gujarat.
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Social ecology -- India -- Gujarat.
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LC no. |
2001445062 |
ISBN |
0195657470 |
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