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Barriers Broken: Production Relations and Agrarian Change in Tamil Nadu
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A glossary of Tamil and Indian English terms is provided in this paper for a discussion of land relations in Tamil and English in the context of agrarian classes in Tamil-Tamil land relations.Abstract:
Introduction Methods Ecology Changing Land Relations Labour Relations Identificaton of Agrarian Classes Usury and Credit Economics of Scale or Advantages of Class? Summary and Conclusions Glossary of Tamil and Indian English Termsread more
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