Peasant Insurgency and Peasant Consciousness

Peasant Insurgency and Peasant Consciousness Saurabh Dube THE years since the Second World War have seen a remarkable rise in the status and prominence of social history. Over the past few years, however, the methods, assumptions and the general direction of the work in 'new social history' have been questioned from within the ranks of social historians.1 This article joins the debate. I examine the tension between certain structuralist methods