Peter Robb

Ancient Rights and Future Comfort (eBook, PDF)

Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British Rule in India

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This text analyses the character of British rule in nineteenth-century India by focusing on the underlying ideas and the practical repercussions of agrarian policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136799259
• Artikelnr.: 39952711

Autorenporträt

P.G. Robb School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Property, classes and the state
Chapter 2 Official will and administrative capacity
Chapter 3 A necessary reform
Chapter 4 The great rent law debate
Chapter 5 Custom and the law
Chapter 6 The magic of property
Chapter 7 The politics of land
Chapter 8 Keeping the record
Chapter 9 Colonial rule and agrarian structure
Chapter 10 Rents and rights
Chapter 11 Peasants, property and nation