Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Maps xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Cultivating Jute 21
7. 2. Consumption and Self- Fashioning 37
8. 3. The Spaces of Jute 67
9. 4. Immiseration 94
10. 5. Agrarian Forms of Islam 108
11. 6. Peasant Populism 137
12. 7. Pakistan and Partition 168
13. Conclusion 194
14. Abbreviations 199
15. Notes 201
16. Index 233
17. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 247