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Patterns of land ownership in central Thailand during the twentieth century

Journal of the Siam Society64 (1)Published In 1976 • Pages: 237-274

By: Stifel, Laurence D..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper examines the changing patterns of land ownership in two central Thai provinces, Ayuthia and Nakhon Pathon, since 1910. Additional information relate to rate of land transfers, trends in the equality of land ownership, the degree of land mortgaging, the nature of the landlord-tenant relationship, and general data on the basic rice economy of the region.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Sociocultural trends
Real property
Acquisition and relinquishment of property
Borrowing and lending
Renting and leasing
Inheritance
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Central Thai
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Economist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1985
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1910-1972
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ayuthis (Ayutthaya?) and Nakhon Pathom provinces in the Chao Phyia (Chao Phraya?) delta, Thailand
NotesAdditional notes
by Laurence D. Stifel
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Thais