CONTENTS: List of Tables, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Literature on Rural Transformation: A Review, 3. Rural Development Initiatives in India: The Rhetoric and the Reality, 4. Etakkat Village: The Study Area, 5. The Dimensions of Demographic and Social Change, 6. The Contours of the Economic Transformation of the Village, 7. The Living Standards and the Changes in Livedlihood Practices of the Households, 8. The Catalysts of Socio-Economic Change, 9. The Development Trajectory: Some Puzzling Issues, 10. Summary and Conclusions, Bibliography, Index.