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Book SynopsisThe analysis of rural markets and the behaviour of those involved in them should be at the centre of the study of the economies of poor countries. This book is about such markets and its main purpose is to examine and develop theories relating to them in the context of an Indian village. By focusing on a particular village, the book analyses some of the many contradictory and grand assertions about the nature and consequences of the ''Green Revolution''.
Trade ReviewThe three Palanpur volumes are a monument to serious social science; social science at its best. I don't know of anything like them. * Robert Solow, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics 1987 *
An important contribution to Indian agricultural economics and to development theory. * Population and Development Review *
A substantial contribution to economic theory ... Bliss and Stern not only provide a fascinating account of how the village economy of Palanpur functions, but also how their findings tie up with economic theory ... [the authors] clearly do deal with real people rather than with the phantom figures that haunt so much economic theory. This is one of the many attractive features of this illuminating and important book. * Amartya Sen, London Review of Books *
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The Village 3: Theory and India 4: Markets in Palanpur 5: Tenancy 6: Output and Income 7: Wheat: The New Varieties and Practices in Palanpur 8: Wheat: Productivity and Expectations 9: Reflections on Economic Theory 10: A Revisit and some Speculations on the Future Glossary References Index
