TY - BOOK AU - Baak, Paul Erik TI - Plantation production and political power: plantation development in South-west India in a long-term historical perspective, 1743-1963 SN - 0195641035 U1 - 320 PY - 1997/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Plantations KW - Plantations--Labor productivity KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 ER -