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Description

1. xx, 252 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

1. Monograph commenting on legislation for modernization and land reform in Sri Lanka - describes land tenure, adoption of 1953 tenancy reform legislation, the 1958 paddy lands act and its amendments, social structure and feudalism, land settlement schemes and land utilization systems, institutional framework for and constraints to implementation of reform, farm size, the case of tenant farmers, lack of rural worker organizations, etc. Glossary, references and statistical tables.

Subject

1. Land tenure > Law and legislation > Sri Lanka
2. Law > Sri Lanka
3. Sociological jurisprudence
4. Land tenure > Law and legislation
5. Law
6. Sociological jurisprudence
7. Agrarpolitik
8. Grondbezit
9. Sociale verandering
10. Recht
11. legislation
12. modernization
13. land reform
14. land tenure
15. tenancy
16. social structure
17. feudalism
18. land settlement
19. land utilization
20. institutional framework
21. farm size
22. tenant farmer
23. rural worker organization
24. statistical table
25. législation
26. modernisation
27. réforme foncière
28. régime foncier
29. fermage
30. structure sociale
31. féodalisme
32. établissement rural
33. utilisation des terres
34. cadre institutionnel
35. dimension de la ferme
36. fermier
37. organisation de travailleurs ruraux
38. tableau statistique
39. legislación
40. modernización
41. reforma de la tenencia de la tierra
42. tenencia de la tierra
43. arrendamiento
44. estructura social
45. feudalismo
46. colonización rural
47. utilización de la tierra
48. organización institucional
49. tamaño de la explotación
50. arrendatario
51. organización de trabajadores rurales
52. cuadros estadísticos
53. Sri Lanka
54. Sri Lanka

Genre/Form

1. comment.
2. glossary.
3. reference.
4. commentaire.
5. glossaire.
6. référence bibliographique.
7. comentario.
8. glosario.
9. referencia.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.