| Dialogue and History |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| Transliteration and Other Conventions |
| Maps |
 | Introduction |
 | 1. To Fix the People to Their Respective Villages |
| • | The Transformation of the East India Company |
| • | The Battle of Pullalur and the Naturalization of the British on the Subcontinent |
| • | Mapping the Jagir as a Form of Self-Deception |
| • | Temple Conflicts |
| • | Village Disputes |
| • | The Company as Tax Collector in the Jagir |
| • | Collaborative Activities to Produce a Past for the Subcontinent |
| • | The Nature of the "Mirasidar Insurrection" of 1795-96 |
| • | Amorality as Strategy, Amorality as Decay |
| • | Land and Society; Mirasidars and Dubashes |
| • | Mirasidar and Pannaiyal Survival Strategies |
| • | Rural Relations: Mirasidars, Pannaiyals, Padiyals, Renters, and Courts |
| • | The 1785 "Paraiyar Insurrection" |
| • | Company Frustrations and Resulting New Tax Schemes |
| • | Seeking to Reduce Dubash Power: The Appointment of Place |
| • | Manipulating Company Values and Institutions |
| • | Describing the "Amoral" Dubash and the "Wise" British |
| • | Pannaiyal and Padiyal Protest Strategies as a Way to |
| • | New Conceptions of Loyalty out of Dependence on the British |
| • | The "Insurrection" as a Utopian Arena |
| • | Analyzing the "Insurrection" |
| • | Notes |
| 2. Using the Past to Create the Future |
| 3. The Rise and Consolidation of the Chingleput Mirasidars |
| 4. From Slaves to the Original Dravidians |
| 5. Conclusion |
| Abbreviations |
| Bibliography |