Vilyatpur 1848-1968: Social and Economic Change in a North Indian Village

Vilyatpur 1848–1968: Social and Economic Change in a North Indian Village by Tom G. Kessinger reconstructs over a century of life in an ordinary Punjabi village, tracing the rhythms of agriculture, labor, and community from the advent of British rule through independence and into the postcolonial era. Unlike memoirs or literary portraits of Punjab, Kessinger’s focus is on the small-scale farmers, artisans, and laborers who made up the bulk of rural society—people who left few personal recor...