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Land, inheritance, and economic mobility: an example from Bangladesh
Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development • 18 (3-4) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 329-346
By: Harris, Michael S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Harris examines partible inheritance and the factors that mitigate against the fragmentation of landholdings, such as sharecropping and buying and leasing land. He argues that sharecropping and leasing are means by which households owning too little land can increase their production and produce a surplus. Harris also compares his data to a 1922 British land survey and discovers some fluidity and mobility in Bangladesh society, which has been overlooked in the literature.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Renting and leasing
- Inheritance
- Classes
- Household
- Community structure
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1922-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chaulia, Jessore District, Bangladesh
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael S. Harris
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-346)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98641869
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bengalis