Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Tables VI
4. Illustrations VII
5. Acknowledgments IX
6. Abbreviations XI
7. Introduction 1
8. PART ONE: The Setting of Control
9. 1. Metaphors of Control: The View from Sonepur Mela and Meet 13
10. 2. The Agrarian Landscape of Control 31
11. PART II. The Limited Raj System
12. 3. The Initial Encounter: The British Establishment of Connections, 1765-1793 55
13. 4. Government and Its Allies: The System of Control and Collaboration 70
14. 5. The Limited Raj: The British Development of Local Control Institutions 90
15. PART III. Estate Control and Management Systems
16. 6. Between Raja and Raiyat: The Structures of Control in the Great Estate of Hathwa 115
17. 7. The Dynamics of Hathwa Control: Two Case Studies 139
18. 8. Zamindars and Maliks: Structures and Strategies of Control 155
19. PART IV. Peasant Options in a Colonial Society
20. 9. Desertion and Migration as Peasant Options 181
21. 10. Resistance, Violence, and Collective Action as Peasant Options 206
22. Conclusions 225
23. Glossary 241
24. Bibliography 245
25. Index 267