CONTENTS: List of Tables, List of Abbreviations, Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Agricultural Growth in Bengal and Bihar 1770-1860, 2. Agricultural Production in Bengal and Bihar: Co-existence of Decline and Growth 1859-1885, 3. Growth of Commercial Agriculture in Bengal and its Impact on the Peasant Economy 1859-1885: Part I, 4. Growth of Commercial Agriculture in Bengal and its Impact on the Peasant Economy 1859-1885 Part II, 5. Rural Power Structures and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India 1757-1947, 6. Rural Credit Relations in Bengal 1859-1885, 7. Control over Rural Credit and Peasant Society in Bengal and Bihar 1885-1947, 8. Movement of Produce Rent in Eastern India 1793-1930, 9. Land Market in Eastern India 1793-1940: Part I: The Movement of Land Prices, 10. Land Market in Eastern India 1793-1940 Part II: The Changing Composition of the Landed Society, 11. The Story of a Peasant Revolt in a Bengal District, 12. The Agrarian Question in Bengal and the Government 1850-1900, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index. 934pp,