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"The Tax-Man Cometh: The Impact Of Revenue Collection On Subsistence Strategies In Chitwan Tharu Society.", Arjun Guneratne
"The Tax-Man Cometh: The Impact Of Revenue Collection On Subsistence Strategies In Chitwan Tharu Society.", Arjun Guneratne
Arjun Guneratne
Studies of peasant societies have drawn attention to the control of land as a centrally important aspect of peasant subsistence. However, many households of Tharu peasants in Chitwan, Nepal, during the first half of this century, assured themselves of subsistence, even where land was readily available, by eschewing control of land to work as servants for landholding households. In effect, they were landless by choice. Because labor was scarce, they could negotiate favorable terms, and avoid the taxation and exploitation by revenue collectors (jimidars) to which landholding peasants were subject. The jimidar, usually himself a Tharu, was, as agent of …
Saudades Do Sertão, Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira
Saudades Do Sertão, Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira
Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira
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The Strategic Provinces, Michael E. Smith
Playing With Power: Ballcourts And Political Ritual In Southern Mesoamerica, John Fox
Playing With Power: Ballcourts And Political Ritual In Southern Mesoamerica, John Fox
John Fox
Article exploring the use and ritual meaning of ancient ball courts found throughout Mesoamerica based on original archaeological excavations and additional historical and anthropological study.