"Electronic books"@en . . "Ancient rights and future comfort : Bihar, the Bengal tenancy Act of 1885, and British rule in India" . . . . . . . "Ancient rights and future comfort : Bihar, the Bengal tenancy act of 1885 and British rule in India" . . "History"@en . . . . . . "Ancient Rights and Future Comfort Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British Rule in India"@en . "Ancient rights and future comfort : Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British rule in India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Ancient rights and future comfort Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British rule in India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "This book analyses the character of British rule in nineteenth-century India, by focusing on the underlying ideas and the practical repercussions of agrarian policy. It argues that the great rent law debate and the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 helped constitute a revolution in the effective aims of government and in the colonial ability to interfere in India, but that they did so alongside a continuing weakness of understanding and in effective local control. In particular, the book considers the importance of notions of historical rights and economic progress to the false categorisations made o."@en . "Agrarian structure" . . "India" . . "India." . "Administrative law" . . "1765 - 1947" . . "Land tenure." . . "Agriculture and state." . . "British Occupation of India (1765-1947)" . . . "Colonialism" . . "Koloniaal bestuur." . . "Inde" . . "Land tenure India History." . . "HISTORY Asia India & South Asia." . . "politique agricole Bihār (Inde) Grande-Bretagne 19e s." . . "Great Britain." . . . . "Colonial countries" . . "Propriété foncière Droit Inde 19e siècle." . . "Agriculture and state India History." . . "Britse koloniën." . .