Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist Perception

by Irfan Habib

Overview

This volume brings together, for the first time, several of Professor Habib's essays, representing three decades of scholarship and providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history from the standpoint of Marxist historiography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843310259
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	04/01/2002
Series:	Anthem South Asian Studies
Edition description:	First Edition, 1
Pages:	436
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Irfan Habib is a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh and a former chairman of the Indian Council for Historical Research. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2005.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Problems of Marxist Historiography; Marx's Perception of India; The Social Distribution of Landed Property in Pre-British India: A Historical Survey; The Peasant in Indian History; Caste in Indian History; Potentialities of Capitalistic Development in the Economy of Mughal India; Processes of Accumulation in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India; Colonization of the Indian Economy 1757-1900; Studying a Colonial Economy - Without Perceiving Colonialism; The Economic History of Medieval India: A Survey

Editorial Reviews

Irfan Habib's stature as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of modern Indian historians, stands secure. The essays gathered together in this volume show why this judgement is correct.

Indian Review of Books