All Outputs (28)

Wheels of change?: impact of railways on colonial north Indian society, 1855-1920 (2013)
Thesis
Mukhopadhyay, A. Wheels of change?: impact of railways on colonial north Indian society, 1855-1920. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Interconnections of the political: British political economy, agrarian governance, and early nineteenth-century Cuttack (1803-1860) (2012)
Thesis
Chakrabarti, U. Interconnections of the political: British political economy, agrarian governance, and early nineteenth-century Cuttack (1803-1860). (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

The Eurasian problem in nineteenth century India (2011)
Thesis
Anderson, V. E. The Eurasian problem in nineteenth century India. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Variant Meanings of Agriculture: Implications for Research and Policy (1996)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1996). Variant Meanings of Agriculture: Implications for Research and Policy. In P. Robb (Ed.), Meanings of agriculture: essays in South Asian history and economics (1-35). Oxford University Press

Distinctive Aspects of Rural Production in India: the Colonial Period (1996)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1996). Distinctive Aspects of Rural Production in India: the Colonial Period. In P. Robb, K. Sugihara, & H. Yanagisawa (Eds.), Local agrarian societies in colonial India: Japanese perspectives (1-47). Curzon Press

Local agrarian societies in colonial India: Japanese perspectives (1996)
Book
Robb, P., Sugihara, K., & Yanagisawa, H. (Eds.). (1996). Local agrarian societies in colonial India: Japanese perspectives. Curzon Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315026749

The first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader. Suggests the fundamental importance of an Asian comparative perspective for the understanding of I... Read More about Local agrarian societies in colonial India: Japanese perspectives.

Meanings of agriculture: essays in South Asian history and economics (1996)
Book
Robb, P. (Ed.). (1996). Meanings of agriculture: essays in South Asian history and economics. Oxford University Press

South Asia and the Concept of Race (1995)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1995). South Asia and the Concept of Race. In P. Robb (Ed.), The concept of race in South Asia (1-76). Oxford University Press

The concept of race in South Asia (1995)
Book
Robb, P. (Ed.). (1995). The concept of race in South Asia. Oxford University Press

India and Britain: Some Reflections on their Material and Cultural Interaction since Independence (1994)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1994). India and Britain: Some Reflections on their Material and Cultural Interaction since Independence. In P. Robb, & N. Malik (Eds.), India and Britain: recent past and present challenges (3-30). Allied Publishers

India and Britain: recent past and present challenges (1994)
Book
Robb, P., & Malik, N. (Eds.). (1994). India and Britain: recent past and present challenges. Allied Publishers

Ideas in agrarian history: some observations on the British and nineteenth-century Bihar (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Ideas in agrarian history: some observations on the British and nineteenth-century Bihar. In D. Arnold, & P. Robb (Eds.), Institutions and Ideologies. A SOAS South Asia Reader (201-223). Curzon Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203036587-18

I wrote ten years ago about the need to employ the idea of resources rather than structures in understanding Indian rural society.3 I had discovered in nineteenth-century Bihar both the extreme variability of ranking year-by-year according to anyone... Read More about Ideas in agrarian history: some observations on the British and nineteenth-century Bihar.

Legal pluralism in the Hindu marriage (1993)
Book Chapter
Menski, W. F. (1993). Legal pluralism in the Hindu marriage. In D. Arnold, & P. Robb (Eds.), Institutions and ideologies: a SOAS South Asia reader (148-164). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203036587-16

While the topic of arranged marriages among South Asians has generated some interest among researchers (Ballard, 1977-8; Brah, 1977-8), is often taken up by the media, and remains of tremendous importance to the South Asian communities in Britain the... Read More about Legal pluralism in the Hindu marriage.

Institutions and Ideologies. A SOAS South Asia Reader (1993)
Book
Arnold, D., & Robb, P. (Eds.). (1993). Institutions and Ideologies. A SOAS South Asia Reader. Curzon Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203036587

Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet (1993)
Book
Robb, P. (Ed.). (1993). Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet. Oxford University Press

Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India (1993)
Book
Robb, P. (Ed.). (1993). Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India. Oxford University Press

Texts, Communities, and the History of Change in Modern South Asia (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Texts, Communities, and the History of Change in Modern South Asia. In P. Robb (Ed.), Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet (1-21). Oxford University Press

The Impact of British Rule on Religious Community: Reflections on the Trial of Maulvi Ahmadullah of Patna in 1865 (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). The Impact of British Rule on Religious Community: Reflections on the Trial of Maulvi Ahmadullah of Patna in 1865. In P. Robb (Ed.), Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet (142-176). Oxford University Press

Meanings of Labour in Indian Social Context (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Meanings of Labour in Indian Social Context. In P. Robb (Ed.), Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India (1-67). Oxford University Press

Agrarian structure and economic development (1992)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1992). Agrarian structure and economic development. In P. Robb (Ed.), Agrarian structure and economic development: landed property in Bengal and theories of capitalism in Japan (1-23). School of Oriental and African Studies