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Author Dewasiri, Nirmal Ranjith.

Title The adaptable peasant : agrarian society in western Sri Lanka under Dutch rule, 1740-1800 / by Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text file
Series TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction, 1871-6938 ; v. 9
TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 9.
Note Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Leiden University).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Summary Analyses how in early colonial times, the peasant society of Sri Lanka underwent fundamental changes in the land tenure system as it faced the arrival of the Dutch East India Company administration's merchant capitalism. This study also reveals the dynamics of caste formation as a result of the early colonial encounter.
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Subject Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie -- History -- 18th century.
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie -- History -- 18th century.
Vereinigte Ostindische Kompanie.
Sri Lanka -- Rural conditions -- 18th century.
Sri Lanka.
Rural conditions.
Land tenure -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 18th century.
Land tenure.
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Dewasiri, Nirmal Ranjith. Adaptable peasant. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2007045317 (OCoLC)173808136
ISBN 9789047432821 (electronic book)
9047432827 (electronic book)
9789004165083 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004165088 (hardback ; alkaline paper)

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