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Diversity in a Bangladeshi villagearticle 1991 • Harris, Michael S.
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
In this study of a Bangladeshi village, Harris argues that social structure is more complex than a simple division between poor landless and wealthy landowning households. According to Harris land by itself is not an indicator of household well-being...Land, power relations, and colonialismarticle 1989 • Harris, Michael S.
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
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...Land, inheritance, and economic mobilityarticle 1989 • Harris, Michael S.
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
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 own...