These peasants would have been much ... the second-most important source of revenue for the colonial state. It was only outmatched by land taxes. (India remains the world's biggest producer ...

1. The Mortal God is a study in intellectual history which uncovers how actors in colonial India imagined various figures of human, divine, and messianic rulers to battle over the nature and locus of ...

In 1947, decolonization promised a better life for India's peasants, workers, students, Dalits ... ‘Brewing Resistance richly contributes to our understanding of “regime change” in the convoluted ...