Pul Eliya - A Village in Ceylon

Klappentext This 1961 book analyses how land was owned used and transmitted to later generations in the irrigation-based village of Pul Eliya. Zusammenfassung The North Central Province of Ceylon is an arid plain where habitation is possible only with the help of an elaborate irrigation system. This 1961 book analyses how land was owned used and transmitted to later generations in one of these irrigation-based communities! the village of Pul Eliya. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note to Reader; 1. Introduction; Pul Eliya: the general background; 3. The Pul Eliya land map; 4. The kinship system; 5. Traditional land tenure; 6. Non-traditional land tenure; 7. The organisation and reward of labour; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; references; General index.

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• Authors: E. R. Leach, E. R. (University of Cambridge) Leach, E.r. Leach, Edmund Ronald Leach, Leach E. R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521200219
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20021-9
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Sri Lanka, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Property & real estate, Social and cultural anthropology, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Property and real estate