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Author Ali, Imran, 1950-

Title The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages).
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Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Cover; Contents; 1. A New Agrarian Frontier.
Summary The Punjab--an area now divided between Pakistan and India--experienced significant economic growth under British rule from the second half of the nineteenth century. This expansion was founded on the construction of an extensive network of canals in the western parts of the province. The ensuing agricultural settlement transformed the previously barren area into one of the most important regions of commercial agriculture in South Asia. Nevertheless, Imran Ali argues that colonial strategy distorted the development of what came to be called the ""bread basket"" of the Indian subcontinent. T.
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Subject Land settlement -- India -- Punjab -- History.
Land settlement.
India -- Punjab.
History.
Agricultural colonies -- India -- Punjab -- History.
Agricultural colonies.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India -- Punjab -- History.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Irrigation farming -- India -- Punjab -- History.
Irrigation farming.
Elite (Social sciences) -- India -- Punjab -- History.
Elite (Social sciences)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ali, Imran. Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN 9781400859580 (electronic book)
1400859581 (electronic book)