Beteille, Andre
Studies in Agrarian Social Structure
- Delhi Oxford University Press 1974
- Includes bibliographical references and index
Studies in Agrarian Social Structure (1974) by André Béteille is a seminal work examining the organization of land, labor, and social hierarchy in rural India. It analyzes agrarian systems as a network of relationships between landowners, tenants, and labourers, deeply influenced by caste, class, and colonial-era land tenure systems like Zamindari and Ryotwari
Agriculture
Social Structure