PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Map 2
3. PREFACE 5
4. CONTENTS 11
5. PART I. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION CANALS BY THE BRITISH IN THE PUNJAB
6. CHAPTER I. THE PUNJAB AND ITS PEOPLE 15
7. CHAPTER II. EARLY IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PUNJAB 21
8. CHAPTER III. IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTS, 1859–1882 33
9. CHAPTER IV. RAPID EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION AND THE INTRODUCTION OF COLONIZATION SCHEMES, 1880–1927 48
10. PART II. SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CANAL IRRIGATION IN THE PUNJAB
11. CHAPTER V. THE EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON POPULATION 77
12. CHAPTER VI. THE EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON THE WEALTH AND AGRICULTURE OF THE PUNJAB 96
13. CHAPTER VII. FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF CANAL IRRIGATION IN THE PUNJAB 122
14. CONCLUSIONS 161
15. APPENDICES 165
16. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 173
17. INDEX 177