Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital
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Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital is a historical study by Sugata Bose that examines the transformation of rural labor and agrarian society in colonial Bengal under the pressures of imperial capitalism.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital Context triple: [Sugata Bose, notableWork, Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital]
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A.
A Theory of Imperialism
A Theory of Imperialism is a political economy book that offers a Marxist analysis of contemporary global capitalism and the structural mechanisms of imperialism in the modern world.
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B.
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment is a seminal work of Marxist-inspired development economics that analyzes the historical and structural causes of persistent poverty and economic dependency in the Global South.
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C.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century is a seminal historical study by R. H. Tawney analyzing landownership, enclosure, and social change in Tudor England.
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D.
A Dying Colonialism
A Dying Colonialism is a seminal work of anti-colonial theory in which Frantz Fanon analyzes the social, cultural, and psychological transformations brought about by the Algerian War of Independence.
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E.
The Agrarian Question
The Agrarian Question is Karl Kautsky’s influential Marxist analysis of the development of agriculture, peasant economies, and their role in capitalist society and socialist strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital Target entity description: Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital is a historical study by Sugata Bose that examines the transformation of rural labor and agrarian society in colonial Bengal under the pressures of imperial capitalism.
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A.
A Theory of Imperialism
A Theory of Imperialism is a political economy book that offers a Marxist analysis of contemporary global capitalism and the structural mechanisms of imperialism in the modern world.
-
B.
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment is a seminal work of Marxist-inspired development economics that analyzes the historical and structural causes of persistent poverty and economic dependency in the Global South.
-
C.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century is a seminal historical study by R. H. Tawney analyzing landownership, enclosure, and social change in Tudor England.
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D.
A Dying Colonialism
A Dying Colonialism is a seminal work of anti-colonial theory in which Frantz Fanon analyzes the social, cultural, and psychological transformations brought about by the Algerian War of Independence.
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E.
The Agrarian Question
The Agrarian Question is Karl Kautsky’s influential Marxist analysis of the development of agriculture, peasant economies, and their role in capitalist society and socialist strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
South Asian studies
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history ⓘ |
| author | Sugata Bose ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Indian ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | historian ⓘ |
| concerns |
class formation in rural Bengal
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commoditization of agriculture in colonial Bengal ⓘ interaction between local agrarian structures and global capitalism ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
debates on peasant agency under colonial rule
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understanding of colonial capitalism in South Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | India ⓘ |
| examines |
changes in agrarian production under colonialism
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forms of peasant resistance and adaptation ⓘ relations between peasants and colonial capital ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
South Asian history
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agrarian history ⓘ economic history ⓘ labour history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agrarian social structure in Bengal
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impact of imperial capitalism on peasantry ⓘ integration of rural Bengal into global capitalist markets ⓘ transformation of rural labour relations ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | rural Bengal ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | colonial period ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agrarian society
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colonial capital ⓘ peasant labour ⓘ rural labour ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed empirical study of rural Bengal under colonialism
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linking local agrarian change to imperial capitalism ⓘ |
| perspective | Marxian-influenced analysis of capitalism ⓘ |
| regionalFocus | Bengal ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
imperial capitalism
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political economy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on South Asian history
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university courses on agrarian studies ⓘ university courses on labour history ⓘ |
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