Ancient Rights and Future Comfort: Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and

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.

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EAN	9781138963504
UPC	9781138963504
ISBN	9781138963504
Book Title	Ancient Rights and Future Comfort: Bihar, the Beng
Item Length	23.4 cm
Publication Year	2016
Type	Textbook
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Publication Name	Ancient Rights and Future Comfort: Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British Rule in India
Item Height	234 mm
Author	Peter Robb
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subject	History
Item Weight	454 g
Item Width	156 mm
Number of Pages	410 Pages