Colonial Land Tax and Property Rights

ISBN-13: 9781032653501 / Miękka / 2024 / 366 str.

Thangellapali Vijay Kumar

Opis

This book analyses the importance of property rights on land which were transformed by the British in the form of colonial land revenue system in Andhra region of Madras Presidency and how the small peasantry suffered under the new system. It also deals with the relations between the colonial state, rich peasants, zamindars and peasants under the r

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Ecological Determinations of Production in Agriculture 3. Land Tax and Insecure Property Rights in Ryotwary Areas 4. Land Rights and Zamindari Tenants 5. Rural Indebtedness and Rich Peasant Moneylending 6. Agrarian Market and Commodity Movement 7. Agrarian Social Structure and Labour Market 8. Conclusion

O autorze

Thangellapali Vijay Kumar is Associate Professor and Head, Department of History, Sikkim University. He was educated in Osmania University where he received his MA (1984) and Ph.D. (1993).