State, Society and Ecology: Gorakhpur in Transition, 1750-1830 (Revised Edition)

AUTHOR- Meena Bhargava

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This book examines the specificities and peculiarities of Gorakhpur in a period of transition, viz., c.1750–1830. The new, revised Introduction, rewritten chapters, extended Bibliography, and newly introduced Appendix aim to provide a greater focus to the issues discussed in this book. In keeping with the trend of regional studies, it reinforces notions of growth and development, continuity and change, and thereby widens the transition debate, juxtaposing it with colonial discourse and orientalism. In doing so, its major contribution is its attempt to redefine economic history and focus on new ways of studying the subject. The issues herein—ecology and forests; people, their caste compositions and affiliations, their history and culture; economic growth, social change and the changing political traditions—give the book a definite tilt towards social history.

The Author
Meena Bhargava is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi. She has published several research articles in peer-reviewed journals. She co-authored Women, Education and Politics: The Women’s Movement and Delhi’s Indraprastha College (2005); edited Exploring Medieval India, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries, Politics, Economy, Religion, Vol. I and II (2010). Her current research interests are in environmental studies and narcotics and drugs.

Immensely rich and diverse documentation for the region have resulted in exceptional growth in the research conducted on the history of medieval Rajasthan. Professor Dilbagh Singh has been one of the pioneers to explore archival documents of the different principalities of Rajasthan in his research and under his guidance, generations of researchers have been able to integrate archival documentation with extraordinary literary works available on that region. This collection of essays encapsulates recent trends in exploring the history of Rajasthan envisioning medieval Rajasthan as not just the present geographical spread of the state but situating it within the larger landscape extending up to Central Asia.

Most of the essays in this volume are interdisciplinary in nature, dealing, on the one hand, with the interactions between society, polity and religion, and, on the other, the significance of climate variability and the human capacity for adaptations. A set of essays deals with the fluidity of identities of communities visible in religious affairs and in matrimonial alliances. Revisiting the History of Medieval Rajasthan, thus offers fresh perspectives on the history of the region even while it re-examines the conventional narratives of the history of medieval Rajasthan.

The Editors
Syed Akbar Hyder is Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Islamic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the director of the Hindi-Urdu Flagship Program. His research focuses on South Asian literature, aesthetics, and popular culture. Among his publications is Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory.
Manu Bhagavan is Professor of History and Human Rights at Hunter College and the Graduate Ceter-CUNY. He is the author of The Peacemakers (2012) and Sovereign Spheres (2003), and the co-editor of 3 other books. His Quartz essay on global authoritarianism went viral internationally and was translated into German as the lead, cover article of the May 2016 Berliner Republik magazine. He is the recipient of a 2006 Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies and is an elected member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He regularly appears in the media to comment on global affairs.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Maps ix
Preface xi-xii
Abbreviations xiii-xiv
Introduction xv-xxv
1. Patterns of Growth: Ecology and Production 1-32
2. Land Boom or Land Doom: A Study of the Forests 33-57
3. Revenue: Assessment, Appropriation, Resistance 58-80
4. Landed Property Rights in Transition: Zamindars, Ta’alluqdarsand Birtias 81-110
5. Landed Property Rights in Transition: Peasants, Village Officials and Revenue Grantees 111-137
6. Turbulence and Turmoil 160-188
7. Markets, Merchants and Artisans 138-159
Conclusion 189-191
Glossary 193-195
Bibliography 197-212
Index 213-223