Contents: List of Tables and Figures Note to the Reader Economic Weekly, Selected Articles, 1949–1965 Pranab Bardhan, Sudipto Mundle and Rohini Somanathan Part 1: Early Village Studies 1. The Social Structure of a Mysore Village M. N. Srinivas 2. Social Structure and Change in a UP Village McKim Marriott 3. An Oriya Hill Village F. G. Bailey Part II: Rural Structures 4. The Myth of Self-Sufficiency of the Indian Village M. N. Srinivas and A. M. Shah 5. Chamar Family in a North Indian Village: A Structural Contingent Bernard S. Cohn 6. Individual Case Study and the Statistical Method in Social Investigation Iravati Karve Part III: Identity and Politics 7. The RSS D. V. Kelkar 8. Sripuram: A Village in Tanjore District Andre Beteille 9. Caste Orientation of Political Factions: Modasa Constituency: A Case Study Rajni Kothari and Ghanshyam Shah 10. Class and Caste Nirmal Kumar Bose Part IV: Analytical Frameworks 11. Keynesian Economics and Underdeveloped Countries A. K. Dasgupta 12. Teaching Economics Joan Robinson 13. Peasant Economy as a Category in Economic History Daniel Thorner Part V: Development and Planning 14. A Case of Aborted Growth: India, 1860–1900: Some Suggestions for Research George Rosen 15. How to Industralise an Underdeveloped Area Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan 16. Choice Elements in Intertemporal Planning S. Chakravarti and R. S. Ekaus 17. Structural Linkages in the Indian Economy Krishna K. Bharadwaj 18. Relative Rates of Growth: Agriculture and Industry Ashok Rudra Part VI: Policy Debates: Agriculture 19. The Shifting Fortunes of Agriculture: The General Setting W. Arthur Lewis 20. Retrospect: The Shifting Fortunes of Agriculture: The Experience of Less Fully Developed Countries D. R. Gadgil 21. A Note on Cooperative Farming Amlan Datta 22. Context for Cooperatives in Rural India Daniel Thorner 23. Agrarian Structure in Twelve Districts M. L. Dantwala 24. Major and Minor Irrigation Works: A Preliminary Comparison of Costs and Returns Ranjit Gupta 25. Size of Holdings and Productivity Amartya Kumar Sen 26. Problems of Numbers in Cattle Development V. M. Dandekar 27. The Marketable Surplus Function for a Subsistence Crop: An Analysis with Indian Data Raj Krishna Part VII: Policy Debates: Industry 28. Small-scale Industries: Problem of Technological Change K. N. Raj 29. Mill versus Cottage Industries: A Method of Appraisal Jan Tinbergen 30. Size, Technology and Economics: A Study of the Indian Cotton Textiles Industry J. C. Sandesara Part VIII: Public Finance and Distribution 31. Federal Finance Perspectives Bhabatosh Datta 32. Tax Reform in India Nicholas Kaldor 33. Economic Growth and Rural-Urban Income 327 Distribution: 1950–51 to 1960–61 V. K. R. V. Rao 34. Distribution of Public Health and Education Services 334 N. Bhattacharya and B. Dey Part IX: Culture, Administration and Leadership 35. Man and Plan in India: The Background D. P. Mukerji 36. The Language Problem: A Solution O. L. Chavarria-Aguilar 37. English, Hindi and the Regional Languages I. P. Desai 38. Administrative Institutions of Government Rajni Kothari 39. Generalists versus Specialists in Indian Administration—I Asoke Mohan Roy 40. Generalists versus Specialists in Indian Administration—II Asoke Mohan Roy 41. Generalists versus Specialists in Indian Administration: A Comment Deepak Lal 42. The Meaning of Jawaharlal Nehru Rajni Kothari 43. Economic Ideology of Jawaharlal Nehru M. L. Dantwala The Economic Weekly was launched in 1949, shortly after Indian Independence. This period was full of hope and expectation, but also questioning and rethinking. Under the leadership of its illustrious founding editor, Sachin Chaudhuri, the journal soon became a major platform for the finest minds of the time, providing a diverse range of scholarship and space for differing, often conflicting, ideological positions. Reading India: Selections from The Economic Weekly: Volume 1: 1949–1965 brings together landmark studies in sociology, politics and economics that capture the major analytical and policy debates published in the journal from 1949–65.The articles span a wide range of studies, exploring diverse topics, from the classic anthropological village studies, the issue of caste and religious identity, to economic policy debates on growth and investment, and agricultural and industrial policies. The final section discusses the influence of leaders such as Gandhi, Nehru and Tagore, analyses the positions of national and regional languages, and looks at the fostering of socio-economic development in independent India. The volume also presents a sample of the many excellent Indian and foreign scholars with a deep knowledge of local and historical contexts and commitment to a new India—M. N. Srinivas, Bernard Cohn, Iravati Karve, Amartya Sen, V. K. R. V. Rao, Rajni Kothari, André Béteille, and Ghanshyam Shah, to name a few.