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Stratification, social control, and capitalism in Iranian villages: before and after land reform
Rural politics and social change in the Middle East • (5) • Published In 1972 • Pages: 364-402
By: Keddie, Nikki R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Keddie examines land tenure, land reform and agricultural production over a hundred-year period from the mid-nineteenth century to 1969. She notes that the living conditions of peasants declined in that period and attributes it to export trade with the West and the privatization of property, which facilitated tax collection, but resulted in the concentration of land ownership. Various land reform initiatives in the 20th century did not go far enough or were never fully implemented. In some cases land reform was undermined by landlords who transfered ownership among family members. Keddie compares the conditions and reforms in different regions and wonders how land reform influences the politicization of the peasantry.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Real property
- Borrowing and lending
- Renting and leasing
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- 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.
- Historian
- 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 ; 2005
- 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
- 1800-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nikki R. Keddie
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77180485
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians