Agriculture in the Making of Modem India Akhil GUpla DUKE UNIVER$IIT PRESS Durham/ Lond"n 19'Jo8 AII'. .... N. . ml _ in II>< VaMiIe"d" S"o . ... of Arnmro ... ",MI·"" M'<' -rr- .. t.r -rr-,;"," ~ [f><. Ubr...,.ofQl,. ..... c·" ........... PWtIiatio. D. .. ...,..., For my p'-rf:nts J...-.. la rnMad and M..,na Gupl< o."~lopmpmen ... li.m, SUIte Power,.nd local Poll'i<>r pcopk In til<: Thin! World ~ lit"" thoroughly ,ranslormtd by ,h. Age of o.,,,,,lopmtn', during which has occurred some 01 the most ambitious n>,k",,,l and Im.motional ul"'rirnents in social cnginI: villag. In nonh India. Tho: book explol"fS ,h, ' Dmplu and ronAkIg~. 'eo«>. Pos",>lo"i.lopm",u dllf.rs from much or ,he lil«1OtuTC on 1k,..,lopmcnL in lhal it foc .." ",, primaril)' on how undtrd.vdop. ...m bct.x>mcs • 10Tm of idcnIily in ,h. postcolonial "",.Id. 1 argue ,hal und. .t kv.loPffi"nt is not "",. .I y • ,lruclu",llocalioll in ,Itt global com· munity m na,ions: .... ,1.«. und..-de:,·c!opmcnt Is also a form o! lde:ntlly. SIIme:,hin, thlt in!onru; pwplc:. ~ of ..I f. Who pwplc: Ihlnk thc:y .R. 110 ...· ,My ,ot that ""y. and what IMYO In do to Iltt' Iht!. liv~ ha"" been profoundly shapc:d by Ihe Institulions. Ideologlo. and ~'lcd. of de:vc!optntnl. In ru ....1 northun Indio. a pc:rvasive: fttling of being un· derdevelopc:d. of being behind the Wcst. aniculalc:d wilh o,M. Idc:ml· ,~of COSle:. (1':15. "'glon. ge:nd«. and SCXli:Ihly. pmdUC"5 ptnple:l ..n sc of ,hck ..I ,· ... 1 ha"e IOrmod Illis complu articulation of "backward· n ...." 1M I""Indilio>l: Ihlls. dtvdopmc:nl "' nc:vc:r. singul. . or monolithk ".ppar:UUS"lhat imposes itself on Ihe ru .... J poor. An identity or "undenitvd the Manage" They and thei, families ...,komed me into the;, hcmc:5 throughoul my woy and in.n my 5I.I~nl \'bits. I am 65ibitillt.ntial of combining 1 sophistication in """ill th",,'J' "";th d. ..I Io,d nnpltital worl< in .grtcultu .... I h.lw: prc$d Arms Control. StanFord Unl\-crsUy, al 1M Soulh ....... Seminar. Unj'-crsily 01 Colilomia, Ikrk.ley; atlhe Center lor C<>mpa"'tlve Studies in Hiswry. Sockty. and Cul,ure a •• he Unl ••. ,;I.), of ulilornia. 0.....;.; 31 Ih. South ....... Seminar/Workshop al the Univer sl.y cf Chicogo; and al lhe Anlhropology Ikpanmtnl Colloquium al York Uni"ersil)" in ToronlO. An early version 01 In. 1. .1 "Clion of Ch.p .er J was firs. prescntgi(al amI r;.hnol<>gic.1 Sclen(cs in Muico City In 1993. OblOlning an ~mllU,iasllc KSpOn .. from an Im ..- nationol audie""e a<.Surtd .ha. thi5 hod an impon.n. mk to tnC chapt~r play in ,hi. hook. Suhscquent ,"" ..i on. ho"e becn presenled al the In 01 Asi.n R. ...r ch 01 of Briti,h Columbia. Van_ slilUI~ Ih~ Unl"~l"'llly cou,',,: at .he Jaclts<>n S<:hool of Interruttlo ...l Studies. Unh-Cl"'lhy of "",.,hlnglon. Seank: at Ihe ... g .... ian Sludies Seminar. Yak LJnivcrsil)': at Ihe Cult"",1 Analys;s Colloquium, LJni'-Cl"'lilr of California. SonlO Bar bo",: a •• he forum "Scicn<:e and Media In Their Tr.msnational Loxatlons" br orpnl.rd Ih. POISldisclpiinary Approaches to Ihe Tcchn"",len= R. ...r ch Group at .h. R<:sl<>8f Prog ... m and the Cenlcr fOT Inlernalional Sludi. .· Pcopl. . and Stal." ICCIU~ ""ri." on E.hnic Iden.lty and Omniet: at .n., Dtpanmen' of Environmental Sel· enee. Pohcy. • nd Managemenl, of California. 6e,kcl.y: .t the LJni"~rsi.y Un;,-crslly of Ortgon~ Anlhropology Dtpanmen. colloquium ""ri." "CultUrt. Pow~r. Hi~'OT)": a' tho: Ma<:Anhur ""'orkshcp on SUS"'n abilllY held al Ih. Un;verslty of Minn"",. .. , Mlnnupolis; and ot lhe o.l"'n~nt of UTban I'lanning. UCUI. l.oo Ang.l .... I am gntdul 10 audiences .t .1lthesc places lor lheir COmmen\5 and in ",,"ieul", 10 Hugh Gusunon for hi' discu ..i on of my poper al "'T. Many people wen: kind ~nough to give me COmments on SOmt cha~ t. ... of Ih~ manuscript or Ihe who" book in 115 <:Illf ~es. I am por. tkularly indebted to GW'1!e Collier. Do .... ld Moon:. Arjun AppaIlu ... ;' and Ont anonymous n:v;,:we, I(n' l)uko Unlvc,.,lly I'n:ss for ,h.oir com· ments on 1M mti. . manuscrip!:. Thtir criticisms and .u&g<:«ions help«! rn.tko this" much bcttc:r hook. Jim f<:rguson. lilsa Malkki. .nd Tanya luhrmonn rttd tarly v. ., ,;o,," of ,lit Introduction and &'Ive me many 5uggcstlons thal pcrc in which 10 btgln my academic ClI'ttr .M. Ilttn. al StlInlord Univc"ity lor helping advano::c: my ocholarly w(n"k. At ,he Un!ve,.,lty 01 Washinglon, low<:. ,pecial debt 10 tht chairs of the Iwo de""nm.nu when: I worked. Fn.nk Conlon (mM' d.eomsofhoving:J'1>( Coni(r, Syl~i:I \'.n.ogisako,Joan Fujimura, P.uu.. Ebron, R<:nalo Rosaldo, Miyoko Inoue, Carol o.lan~, and ""rnhna M.o"uur h.on providal " vlhr.lnt Intellect .... l home in 'M An.hropol_ ogy o.""nmml, Ot!tcr ~kolars from rdlttd de""nments wlK> hove (Omribulcd 10 Ihls book by lhel. support and Insights Ind ude Jocl fleinin, Gordon Cha"" Es,elle Frttdman, G.bri<:11e H<:<:ht, Sharon HoI bnd, Su,ir Kaul, Da,1d PllumOO-U .., MIry P"'lI, Riclurd Roixns, and Ikbta Sou. Most impo.tant, I thank the StafT in the Anthropology Dc_ panment, "'00 ha"" hclptd m. Imm",. .l y during the Ii"", that [ luve lterc, ""nleularl)- fleth II;oshorc, who upl me oonntc1(d during ~n my )'U' of fidd"'ork: Ellen Christenstn, who ~ bem • rock of support during SOme Irying limo: and Slun""n Brown. My carly r",w..-otit was .uppontd by the unler '0. iks(areh in Inlernalional Siudios al Slinford, whick gave me gnms for both lhe r. .l dwOTk and the writing StagOS. and the Indian

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