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Agrarian relations in Tanjore District

Studies in Agrarian social structureDelhiPublished In 1974 • Pages: 142-170

By: Béteille, André Marie.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of social stratification in the Tanjore District, with emphasis on the class structure, based on the ownership, control and use of land. Interspersed throughout the discussion are frequent references to caste, whose omnipresence is to be noted in all discussions of social stratification in South India. For purposes of comparison, the author divides the district '… into the Old Delta and the New Delta, each one with its characteristic patterns of agrarian relations corresponding on the one hand to differences in ecological conditions and on the other to differences in the structure of the caste'. In addition to the above, this source also contains much information on land tenancy and ownership, labor supply and labor relations, and conflicts within the agrarian structure.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Labor supply and employment
Renting and leasing
Classes
Ingroup antagonisms
Real property
Labor relations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tamil
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
South Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Sociologist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1961-1962
NotesAdditional notes
By André Béteille
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74177181
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tamil (Indic people)