Description
Book SynopsisThis collection reflects the breadth of Thorner's own range of interests, encompassing themes in the social sciences and issues in the fields of public policy and human rights. 'Land, Labour and Rights' is comprised of nine lectures, together with a hitherto-unpublished paper by Thorner himself, and an introduction by Utsa Patnaik, Professor of Economics at Jawarhlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Table of ContentsPreface by Alice Thorner; Introduction; The Royal Titles Bill of 1876; The Agrarian Question and Development of Capitalism in India; Paper Laws; Land and Labour in India: The Demographic Factor; Famine Mortality; Colonialism and Environment in India: A Comparative Perspective; Human Rights and International Solidarity; Disinherited Peasants, Disadvantaged Workers: A Gender Perspective on Land and Livelihood; Land Reforms and the Question of Food in Kerala; De-industrialization; Lost Visions? Imagining a National Culture in the 1950s; Thorner Memorial Lectures; Index
