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Land, power relations, and colonialism: the historical development of the land system in Bangladesh
Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development • 18 (3-4) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 265-279
By: Harris, Michael S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a historical overview of Bengal land tenure system. Harris's main argument is that the British Permanent Settlement of 1793 was not a totally foreign system of tenure based on British landed gentry system, imposed on a Moghul tributary system, and creating the ZAMINDAR landowning class. According to Harris, the British codified a system already in place, including the ZAMINDAR, who were petty chiefs and tax collectors for the Moghul overlords. However, the British did privatize land and instituted a fixed tax rate, but not rent, offering little protection for the peasants.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Incorporeal property
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bengali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500 BC-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bangladesh
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael S. Harris
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98641869
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bengalis