Baak, Paul Erik

Plantation production and political power: plantation development in South-west India in a long-term historical perspective, 1743-1963/ Paul Erik Baak - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. - xxi, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

1. Introduction --
2. Society, State and Export in Eighteenth Century Travancore: c. 1743-1800 --
3. Imperial Initiatives in Export Crop Production: c. 1800-Late 1850s --
4. The British Planters' Raj: Late 1850s-Early 1900s --
5. The Rise of a Syrian Christian Planting Elite: Early 1900s-c. 1947 --
6. The Successful Planters' Lobby in a Leftist 'Problem' State: c. 1947-1963 --
7. Conclusion --
App. 1. Monarchs of Travancore --
App. 2. British Residents (since 1800); Agents to the Governor General, Madras States (after October 1923); and Residents for the Madras States (after April 1937) --
App. 3. Dewans of Travancore.

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Plantations
Plantations--Labor productivity
Politics and government

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