CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgements xv 1. The Ten Propositions and the Village Life in Uttar Pradesh - 2008 1 2. Uttar Pradesh : The People, Space and Time 10 3. Villages in History and History of Villages 21 4. Plural Researches in Intensively Studied Villages in Uttar Pradesh : The Sites and their Researchers 37 5. Rural Ingredients and Exposures : An Autobiographical Note 59 6. Meerut Experiments in Rural Research 87 7.Lineage, Clan and Caste as Units in Cooperative and Conflicting Situations 109 8.The State, the Village and the Intermediary Institutions 122 9. Rural Development 147 10. Three Emerging Concerns 166 11. Theoretical and Methodological Issues 176 Appendix 1: List of Villages Studied by Various Authors and Reported in the Text 214 Appendix 2: List of Villages Studied by Other Authors and Visited by the Author 216 Bibliography 217 Index 230