Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Theory of Technical and Institutional Change -- 3 Economic Change in Thailand, 1880 to 1940 -- 4 The Technology of Rice Production, 1880 to 1940 -- 5 Institutional Change: Irrigation Policy -- 6 From Property Rights...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agriculture in Kuttanad -- 3 Agrarian Relations in Kuttanad -- 4 The Agricultural Labourers -- 5 Organization and Struggle -- 6 Conclusion: Agrarian Class Conflict, Trade Unionism, and Democratic Politics...

Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Acknowledgments -- Translator's Note -- Note on Transliteration -- A Note on the Documents -- Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Grain Procurement Crisis -- Chapter 1. The Crisis of NEP: 7 May 1927-14 January 1928 -- Chapter...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trial and Error, 1878-1893 -- 3. Cooperation and Success, 1893-1902 -- 4. "The Nation's Future," 1902-1907 -- 5. Conflict and Disillusion, 1907-1912 -- 6. Isolation and Expertise, 1907-1912 -- 7. Retirement and Retreat, 1912-1916 --...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- II. Farm Investment Climate Assessment -- A. Survey Rationale and Design -- B. Sampling Strategy -- C. Farm and Farm Household Characteristics -- D. Farm Investment Climate --...

French Peasant Fascism is the first account of the Greenshirts, a militant right-wing peasant movement in 1930s France that sought to transform the Republic into an authoritarian, agrarian state. Author Robert Paxton examines the Greenshirts in five case studies, throwing new light on...

The book demonstrates that reform policies_including privatization of land and the shift from collective to individual farming_have a significant impact on agricultural growth, rural incomes, and poverty alleviation. The analysis spans more than 40 years of agricultural and rural development in...

Intro -- contents -- figures -- tables -- foreword -- preface -- acknowledgments -- chapter 1 -- chapter 2 -- chapter 3 -- chapter 4 -- chapter 5 -- chapter 6 -- chapter 7 -- chapter 8 -- chapter 9 -- chapter 10 -- chapter 11 -- chapter 12 -- chapter 13 -- chapter 14 -- references -- contributors.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: climate and agriculture in Russia -- The availability and reliability of statistical agricultural data for Russia -- The pre-revolutionary period ( 1900-1916) -- The post-revolutionary period ( 1917-1928)...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Title -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1. Sector Review and Key Issues -- Chapter 2. Promoting Competitiveness -- Chapter 3. Improving Factor Markets -- Chapter 4. Risk Management Instruments --...