Land and Law in Colonial India Anand V. Swamy Williams College December 2010 Forthcoming in Debin Ma and Jan Luiten Van Zanden eds. Long-term Economic Change in Eurasian Perspective‚ Stanford University Press. 1 1. Introduction The East India Company’s conquest of various territories in India typically brought one issue to the forefront right away: How would land taxes‚ the principal source of governmental revenue‚ be collected? But taxation was not a thing unto itself; it was
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Social Time: The Heartbeat of Culture There is an old saying “Do in Rome as Rome does” meaning that you should follow the local tradition once you have been there. However‚ since the pace of life and perception of time are also elements of tradition‚ how could you follow the local pace correctly without listening to the “local drummer”? So‚ it makes a lot of sense to research the difference among kinds of perception of time in different cities or countries. If we discuss further‚ what is the underlying
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The news in America’s newspapers in the first six months of 1754 was not good. England’s long-time enemy and challenger for control of North America‚ France‚ had‚ with the assistance of Native American allies‚ scored a series of victories over English colonial troops from the backcountry of Virginia through New England. Fear that France would soon make a move to drive all the English out of North America seemed ready to become reality. A distraught Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie had warned
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Debate on Climate Change Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average‚ for example more or fewer extreme weather events. Climate change may be limited to a particular region or may occur across the whole Earth. I t is a broader context of human dimensions in which insufficient attention
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threat to the Brave New World. The only people that know History are the world rulers‚ such as Mond. He took over the responsibility to build up the Brave New World after the Nine Year War‚ which destroyed the world. History leads to social instability. The idea of social instability only works without History. Another role of History is reflected in Orwell’s novel 1984. In the Novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ History plays an important role. Oceania‚ one of three states in the world‚ possesses a
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In British North America‚ three colonial regions appeared in the different geographical areas; New England‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. Although these colonies were founded by the English‚ different agricultural and industrial oppurtunities and immigrancy led to a distinctive economy‚ religion‚ and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 1750. Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them
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Topic: How does zee edgell’s writing portray the cultural social and political life of a Belizean Society? In the novel Beka Lamb‚ written by Zee Edgell‚ her writing portrays all the cultural‚ social and political aspects of Belizean people. In her writing‚ she uniquely characterizes Belizean people by their traditional activities‚ their supportive and caring nature towards each other and their views on the government. Zee Edgell describes the cultural aspect of Belize by stating that Saturday
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Since early times women have been uniquely viewed as a creative source of human life. Historically‚ however‚ they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. Colonial women faced the harsh realities of childbirth‚ housework‚ and serving their husbands because it was tradition. The ways of the ‘old country’ culture was forced upon a new one‚ disallowing any room for new ideals. Although constrained by society Colonial women have had
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Colonial Fashion Fashion is built upon different‚ new and occurring trends. Some trends last for decades and others a few days. It all depends on society and the people in it. But where did all these trends come from and what did they build on? I believe that colonial fashion is the answer to that. Colonial fashion during the Revolutionary War is far from what fashion means now‚ in 2016‚ but statements such as how clothes were adorned according to social class‚ clothes of the workplace of men and
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When gazing into the social‚ political and intellectual issues of the late 18th century‚ it is clear the massive impact this book had on the society at that time. During this period of time‚ the world‚ specifically the English-speaking world‚ was in the midst of a dramatic change. Being in the heart of the American Revolution meant many things for the people of England. As with any war‚ it brought the people of the nation together whilst pushing them further apart simultaneously. The connection of
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