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Ancient Rights And Future Comfort: Bihar, The Bengal Tenancy Act Of 1885, And British Rule In India (Soas London Studies On Sout
by Peter Robb (Author),
Routledge (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
This book analyses the character of British rule in nineteenth-century India, by
focusing on the underlying ideas and the practical repercussions of agrarian
policy. It argues that the great rent law debate and the Bengal Tenancy Act of
1885 helped constitute a revolution in the effective aims of government and in
the colonial ability to interfere in India, but that they did so alongside a
continuing weakness of understanding and in effective local control. In
particular, the book considers the importance of notions of historical rights
and economic progress to the false categorisations made of agrarian structure.
It shows that the Tenancy Act helped to widen social
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780700706259
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher Routledge
Publishing Date 1997-05-20
Product Edition 1st Ed.
Total Pages 416