The Adaptable Peasant
Agrarian Society in Western Sri Lanka under Dutch Rule, 1740-1800
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9330301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 294 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Adaptable Peasant (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004165083.i-294 |
| OpenAlex | W204389996 |
| ISBN | 9789004165083 |
| Open Library | OL12799450M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
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
Administration (probate law · Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Caste · Colonialism · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Geography · Indigenous · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Relations of production · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Ecology · Law · 18th century · Asian studies · Customs & Traditions · Developing countries · Economic conditions · General · History · Land tenure · Nederlandsche oost-indische compagnie · Rural conditions · Social Science · Sociology · South East Asia · Sri Lanka
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The Thombo Treasure. Colonial Population Administration as Source for the Historical Demography of Early Modern Sri Lanka
Widowhood and female agency in the Dutch-colonial Indian Ocean World. Rethinking social networks through local women’s lives (1750–1800)
Contested conjugality? Sinhalese marriage practices in eighteenth-century Dutch colonial Sri Lanka
Contested conjugality? Sinhalese marriage practices in eighteenth-century Dutch colonial Sri Lanka
Digital thombos
Law, Provenance Research, and Restitution of Colonial Cultural Property
On solid ground? Manumitted slaves, land ownership and registration in eighteenth-century Sri Lanka
Restrained freedom? Widows, blended families and inheritance in eighteenth-century urban Sri Lanka
Classifications at Work
Colonial Recognition? The Appropriation of Dutch Land and Population Registers as Legal Documents in Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka
The Ambivalence of Freedom
Population, labour and living standards in early modern Ceylon
Uneven Grounds
Cartwheel or Ladder? Reconsidering Sinhala Caste
A lost family-planning regime in eighteenth-century Ceylon
| Citations per year | 1.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |