{"product_id":"change-in-bengal-agrarian-society-c-1760-1850-hardback-9789390035878","title":"Change in Bengal Agrarian Society C. 1760-1850 (Hardback) 9789390035878","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChange in Bengal Agrarian Society C. 1760-1850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRatnalekha Ray (Author), Ananda Bhattacharyya (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9789390035878\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15 x 2.4 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eChange in Bengal Agrarian Society c. 1760-1850\u003c\/i\u003eseeks to trace the course of change in the agrarian society of Bengal under the rule of the East India Company with special reference to the impact of the Permanent Settlement introduced in Bengal and Bihar on 1 May 1793 and later in Madras and Varanasi presidencies and most of northern India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into three parts, Part One is an attempt to describe the nature of land tenures and the different categories of land rights, as they prevailed before the Permanent Settlement. Part Two is an exploration of five localities covering districts from West, North, and former East Bengal and covers a wide spectrum of geographical and social con­ditions including the lie of the land, the composition of the population, the conditions of land tenure before the Permanent Settlement, the resultant rent-sharing structure, etc. Part Three deals with changes and continuity in the rural order as it emerged in the nineteenth cen­tury?from?the?1790s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work is based on wide ranging original source material. Ananda Bhattacharyya’s Introduction to this remarkable work places it in context.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter I The Problem \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Fundamental Distinction: Zamindar and Jotedar \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBengali agrarian society and the permanent settlement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 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 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II Case Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter V Burdwan 89\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter VI Bishnupur 110\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter VII Midnapur 131\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter VIII Dinajpur and Rangpur 174\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter IX Dacca Jalalpur 209\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter X Continuity and Change in Bengal Agrarian Society 249\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue Bengal Rural History from the Permanent Settlement to the Abolition of Zamindari 284\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography 295\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices 316\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 333\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex to the Introduction 340\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Manohar Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52652717801752,"sku":"9789390035878","price":52.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/change-in-bengal-agrarian-society-c-1760-1850-hardback-9789390035878","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}