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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Tables, Figures and Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Personal Journey -- 3. Faces of Poverty: The Villages Profiled -- 4. Reinventing Tradition: Agrarian Movements in History -- 5. Land as a Productive Resource -- 6. Locating Identities -- 7. Women's Claims to Land -- 8. Custom and the Courts: Bargaining with Modernity -- 9. Development Interventions: Does One Size Fit All? -- 10. Reframing the Debate: Challenges and Dilemmas -- Annexure 1: Profile of Sample Households -- Annexure 2: Regional Demographic Indicators -- Annexure 3: Land and Production -- Annexure 4: Types of Land Disputes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Index