The categories of domination and subordination briefly enunciated by the editor in the first volume of the series are more fully explored in this, the sixth volume of Subaltern Studies.Extracts from the reviews'..about India since the nineteenth century. In the present collection of six essays and two smaller comments the history of mentality is the focul point.'International Review of Social History Amsterdam'...in a major departure from elite historical discourse, (Subaltern Studies) trace how peasant movements have affected the unfolding history, present some fascinating and hitherto neglected insights of...'Sunday Observer'...rank with the finest examples of social history produced anywhere in the world. In terms of length, quality, and intellectual provenance, the essays...are extraordinarily diverse.'The Indian Economic and Social History Review