Haruka Yanagisawa

Gebundenes Buch

A Century of Change

Caste and Irrigated Lands in Tamilnadu 1860s-1970s

Beschreibung

The intensification of agricultural practices, emigration, and the com mercialisation of agriculture are identified as the main factors leading to this transformation. Special attention is paid to the increasing emancipation of lower-caste labourers and the acquisition of small plots of land by some of them.

Autor

Haruka Yanagisawa was Professor of Indian Economic History at the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. His publications include Studies in the Socio-Economic History of South India (in Japanese), Socio-Economic Changes in a Village in the Paddy Cultivating Area in South India, and papers in various journals. He has edited with P. Robb and K. Sugihara Local?Agrarian?Societies?in?Colonial?India.?He?passed away?in?April?2015.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 148mm x 224mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9788173041594
• ISBN-10: 8173041598
• Artikelnr.: 70238651