This anthropological work of unusual historical depth describes the
pattern of land tenure and resulting social structure in the
Ceylonese village of Madagama. Dr Obeyesekere analyses the
contemporary system in detail, and traces the evolution of every
land holding and the correlated kinship pattern from the inception
of the estate in 1790. The traditional cultivation and economy has
been modified by land shortage, causing multiple division of
shares, and by British rule which resulted in the introduction of
Roman-Dutch law and the development of a cash economy. The
practices of mortgaging and share speculation then became the basis
of a new power structure derived from feudal norms of land
ownership, and leading to radical reorganization of the traditional
hamlet.
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