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Ray, Ratnalekha

Change in Bengal agrarian society c. 1760-1850 / By Ratnalekha Ray, Original edition with a new introduction by Anand Bhattacharyya - Reprinted - New Delhi Manohar Publishers & Distributors 2021 - xliii, 341 P. ; 20 cm

Introduction by Ananda Bhattacharyya;
Chapter I The Problem: A Fundamental Distinction: Zamindar and Jotedar;
PART I:
BENGALI AGRARIAN SOCIETY AND THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT;
Chapter II The Evolution of Pre-modern Agrarian Society in Bengal: Zamindars;
The Mughal System 1575-1707;
The Nawabi System 1707-1760;
The Rise of the East India Company 1760-1790;
The Structure of Zamindari on the Eve of the Decennial Settlement;
Chapter III The Evolution of Pre-modern Agrarian Society in Bengal: Jotedars;
The Village Oligarchies;
The Village Economy and the Role of the Jotedars;
Politics and External Affairs of the Vill- age Oligarchies;
Chapter IV The Permanent Settlement;
A Case of Mistaken Identity;
Abolition of the Principalities;
Haptam and Panjam;
PART II:
Case Studies:
Chapter V Burdwan;
Chapter VI Bishnupur;
Chapter VII Midnapur;
Chapter VIII Dinajpur and rangpur;
Chapter IX Dacca-Jalalpur;
PART III:
Conclusion;
Chapter X Continuity and Change in Bengali Agrarian Society;
Epilogue Bengal Rural History from the Permanent Settlement to the Abolition of Zamindari;
Bibliography;
Appendices;
Index;
Index to the introduction.



ISBN: 9789390035878 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Agricultre
society
economics

Dewey Class. No.: 330.9 RAY