Kerala Bibliography
Please feel free to make use of this bibliography in your
research. See also the 1995-96 Update.
I welcome all criticisms and comments. And especially -- suggestions
for additional bibliography. E-mail them to me
(franker@mail.montclair.edu) or set up your own bibliography
page on the Kerala home page.
Note: Readers may also want to consult the extensive bibliogra-
phy in Franke, 1993, listed below
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-----. 1992. Land reform versus inequality in Nadur village,
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-----. 1993. Life Is A Little Better: Redistribution as a Devel-
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_____. 1983. Land to the Tiller: The Political Economy of
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_____. 1989. Dilemmas of agrarian communism: peasant differen-
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-----. 1991. From structural conflict to agrarian stalemate:
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Videos About Kerala
All except Altar of Fire are 25 to 30 minutes
Altar of Fire. 1977. [A 1975 performance of an ancient Hindu
Vedic ritual]. Robert Gardner and Frits Staal. Berkeley.
University of California Extension Media Center. 45
minutes.
The Quiet Revolution: Kerala. 1994. [The 1990 Ernakulam
District Total Literacy Programme in one village]. Available
from The Rodale Institute, 611 Seigfriedale Rd., Kutztown,
PA, 19530.
The following four videos are vailable with English soundtrack
from: Centre for Development of Imaging Technology, Chitranjali
Studio Complex, Thiurvallom, Thiruvananthapuram 695 027, Kerala,
India, FAX [91-471] 644569 Code 17.
Declining Birth Rate: Lessons from Kerala.
Plotting the Riches [The People's Resource Mapping Programme].
Ruin of the Commons? [Destruction of fishing off Kerala's coast].
The Weeping Rice Bowl [Environmental destruction of Lake
Vembanad and surrounding rice fields].
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