Books by Gyan Prakash

The first ever book on Mumbai written in the Marathi language, this is a historically fascinating and revealing urban biography of nineteenth-century India.

Combining a sophisticated theoretical analysis with evidence from archival records, village documents and oral testimonies, Bonded Histories presents an original and compelling view of the changing relationship between landlords and labourers in southern Bihar. It will be of interest to historians, social anthropologists and contemporary social theorists.