ISBN:
9789047432821
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Resource (xxxi, 294 p.)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif. ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction v. 9
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2008
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dewasiri, Nirmal Ranjith, 1965 - The adaptable peasant
Dissertation note:
Zugl.: Leiden, Univ., Diss.
DDC:
306.3/49095493
Keywords:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie History 18th century
;
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie History 18th century
;
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie History
;
18th century
;
Land tenure History 18th century
;
Land tenure History 18th century
;
Land tenure Sri Lanka
;
History
;
18th century
;
Sri Lanka Rural conditions 18th century
;
Sri Lanka Rural conditions 18th century
;
Sri Lanka Rural conditions
;
18th century
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Sri Lanka
;
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Geschichte 1740-1800
Abstract:
This study investigates the structural changes in western Sri Lanka's agrarian society under the administration of the Dutch United East India Company (VOC). In the areas where peasant agriculture was the predominant form of production, changes in the land tenure system paved the way for a modern system of private property relations. A new class differentiation emerged and the indigenous chiefs turned into powerful landowners. In addition to this, new light is shed on the dynamics of caste formation as a result of the early colonial encounter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-288) and index
,
Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004165083.i-294
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