Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal
John R. McLane
Cambridge University Press, 2002
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This book explores the dual and sometimes conflicting roles of the zamindari, the landed chiefs, in eighteenth-century western Bengal during the decline of the Mughal empire and the rise of the British hegemony. It discusses zamindari rent extraction, techniques of coercion, and the meaning of gift-giving and gift-receiving.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521526548
- ISBN-10
- 052152654X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Publication date
- 2002-07-25
- Pages
- 372
- Dimensions
- 231x154x29
- Weight
- 570