Studying Peasant Movements Ian Bedford Peasant Movements in India, 1920-30 by D N Dhanagare; Oxford University Press, 1983; pp 268, Rs 90.
STUDENTS of the peasantry and of peasant movements are faced with persistent problems, not all of them ot a scholarly nature Who benefits from their work? Assuming that their analysis, in the form in which they are presented, usually have meaning only for their, fellow-professionals, who draws on the work of these professionals? Problems of this kind can of course be posed for all sections of the; intellectual community. But they are particularly acute for those whose professional
