Book
Agriculture and social structure in Tamil Nadu: past origins, present transformations and future prospects
Carolina Academic Press • Durham, Nc • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Mencher, Joan P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is basically a study of the various social forces that tend to speed up or slow down cultural change in society. The primary focus here is on agriculture, since the author believes that this is of crucial importance in any society, and also because it falls within the range of the author's expertise. The core of the work - which bears a strong Marxian orientation (p. 10) - examines Tamil social structure and the structure of the agricultural system now in use in the state of Tamil Nadu (particularly in Chingleput district), both in historical perspective and as it exists today, in order to ask three fundamental questions: (1) what possibilities exist at the present time for any development to occur; (2) what type of development is possible or even conceivable; and (3) what are the obstacles to development which are considered insurmountable. The further expansion of these themes constitutes the bulk of this document. In addition to the abundant agricultural data, there is also a great deal of information to be found on land tenure and tenancy, caste and class structure, labor organization, and political structure.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Production and supply
- Real property
- Water supply
- Renting and leasing
- Castes
- Classes
- Districts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tamil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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 ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Joan P. Mencher
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77080768
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tamil (Indic people)/Agriculture and state-India-Chingleput (District)/Agriculture and state-India-Tamil Nadu/Land tenure-India-Chingleput (District)/Chingleput, India (District)-Rural conditions