| Income Distribution, Growth and Basic Needs in India Subjects: Area Studies; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Humanities; Economics Finance and Accounting; History; Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; Development Economics; British History; Asian History; World/ International History; Modern History 1750-1945; Imperial & Colonial History; Social & Cultural History; This book, first published in 1979, explores the sources and patterns of the distribution of personal incomes in India, between rural and urban areas and among socio-economic classes, differentiating particularly those groups falling below the poverty line. Peter Pearson is a historian, campaigner, conservationist, and artist. (Bowker Author Biography) |