The Tragedy of the Margins
Land Rights and Marginal Lands in Vietnam (c. 1800-1945)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9084975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J G G M Kleinen (corresponding author), John Kleinen |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 455-477 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4995 • E-ISSN: 1568-5209 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852011x611328 |
| OpenAlex | W2159309810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article deals with aspects of official land registers in pre-colonial and colonial Vietnam and their relationship with marginal lands since the eleventh century and especially since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The changing pattern of land ownership and control is studied in detail in one specific village in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Several practices of land use and land distribution are discussed, as are various efforts in parts of Vietnam to expand agricultural land, in particular near rivers and coasts, especially as a result of land reclamation. The study of marginal lands is focused on alluvial lands, which were seen originally as empty or waste lands but gradually developed into safety nets for the poor. The traditional social function of these communal waste lands, managed by village elites, was eroded and became a tool for manipulation in the hands of state and village authorities
Agricultural land · Agriculture · Archaeology · Colonialism · Distribution (mathematics) · Geography · Land reclamation · Land tenure · Marginal land · State (computer science) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |