Buch, Englisch, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm
Land Registration and Village Custom in early British Panjab
Buch, Englisch, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm
ISBN: 978-0-19-563673-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
When the British took the Panjab in the 1840s their first act was to establish landholding registers in every village, through a system of village records and district reports. Rule by Records examines the formation of this dual system in a particular locality and reconstructs the nature of agrarian relations for the period immediately before British rule, demonstrating the way in which registration transformed what it was intended to preserve. The result challenges established concepts and procedures in both history and sociology.
When the British took the Panjab in the 1840s their first act was to establish landholding registers in every village, through a system of village records and district reports. Rule by Records examines the formation of this dual system in a particular locality and reconstructs the nature of agrarian relations for the period immediately before British rule, demonstrating the way in which registration transformed what it was intended to preserve. The result challenges established concepts and procedures in both history and sociology.
