Land, Labour, and Agrarian Change in Nepal's Tarai-Madhesh
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Land, Labour, and Agrarian Change in Nepal's Tarai-Madhesh

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Land, Labour, and Agrarian Change in Nepal's Tarai-Madhesh

About this book

This book offers a historically grounded and multi-scalar analysis of agrarian change in Nepal's far-eastern Tarai. It shows how this region has since the 1700s evolved from a forested frontier home to relatively autonomous Adivasi (indigenous) cultivators, to a feudal economy grounded in landlord-tenant relations, which has persisted alongside a rapidly expanding industrial and commercial sector. The book explores the changing land ownership patterns and distribution of surplus, the flow of labour between agriculture and industry, and more complex interactions with global capitalism. The book thus offers unique insights into both the reproduction and transformations of class, ethnic and labour relations in Nepal during a period of rapid political transformation.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Reviews
  3. Land, Labour and Agrarian Change in Nepal’s Tarai-Madhesh
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. List of Figures
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1 Introduction: Revisiting the ‘Pre-capitalist’
  11. 2 Feudalism, Capitalism and the Mode(s) of Production: Reconceptualising Agrarian Transition
  12. 3 An Agrarian and Industrial History of the Morang Region
  13. 4 Conceptualising the Agrarian Class Structure
  14. 5 Ground Rent, the Market and Debt: The Appropriation and Distribution of Agrarian Surplus
  15. 6 Surplus Appropriation and Its Implications for Food Security and Productivity
  16. 7 Capitalist Expansion, Cash and Climate: A Brewing Agrarian Crisis
  17. 8 Revisiting Agrarian Transition in Morang
  18. 9 Capitalism, the Pre-capitalist and the Peasantry: Looking Forward
  19. Glossary
  20. Index

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