Ancient Rights and Future Comfort - Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British Rule in India (Paperback)

This book analyses the character of British rule in nineteenth-century India, by focusing on the underlying ideas and the practical repercussions of agrarian policy. It argues that the great rent law debate and the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 helped constitute a revolution in the effective aims of government and in the colonial ability to interfere in India, but that they did so alongside a continuing weakness of understanding and in effective local control. In particular, the book considers the importance of notions of historical rights and economic progress to the false categorisations made of agrarian structure. It shows that the Tenancy Act helped to widen social disparities in rural Bihar, and to create political interests on the land.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2016
Authors:	Peter Robb
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	410
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-96350-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-138-96350-X
Barcode:	9781138963504

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