In Farmers and the State in Colonial Kano, Steven Pierce examines issues surrounding the colonial state and the distribution of state power in northern Nigeria. Here, Pierce deconstructs the colonial state and offers a unique reading of land tenure that challenges earlier views of the role of...

This book presents the work of a wide range of leading economists of China, who put forward new research findings and new thinking on a wide range of issues connected with the problem of sustaining China's economic growth

Despite decades of industrialization, Johor remains an agricultural powerhouse.The state is Peninsular Malaysia's largest contributor to agricultural gross domestic product, and its official agricultural productivity is Malaysia's third highest.Johor's agricultural strengths lie primarily in...

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...