Lands and tenants in South India a study of Nellore District, 1850-1990 Atchi Reddy, M. creator text bibliography ii Delhi Oxford University Press 1996 monographic eng print 215 pages ; 22 cm This book questions the accepted wisdom regarding the relative bargaining powers of landlords and tenants. With the help of unpublished data from the 1850s onwards, Atchi Reddy shows how tenancy has helped in a slow but smooth transfer of land from absentee landlords to tenants and other cultivators, often giving them an upper hand. Using more than 5000 written tenancy agreements from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, he constructs time-series data for annual, quinquennial and decennial rates of rent. These data are used to analyse trends in rental rates, the socio-economic status of landlords and tenants, the forms of agreements, and the policing arrangements. The increasing rates of rent are explained in terms of increasing man-land ratios, land productivity and prices, and decreasing rates of land revenue and active land markets. Pt. I. General Background. 1. Introduction. 2. The Agrarian Background of Nellore District. 3. The Process of Data Collection. 4. Nature and Content of Agreements -- Pt. II. Analysis of the Lease Agreements. 5. The Medium of Rental Payments. 6. The Trends in Rental Rates. 7. Risk Provisions, Decision-making and Disputes. 8. Caste, Gender and Occupation. 9. Indebtedness, Mortgages and Land Sales. 10. Conclusions. M. Atchi Reddy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-203) and index. a-ii--- Land tenure India Nellore (District) Land use, Rural India Nellore (District) 15.75 history of Asia Land tenure Land use, Rural India Nellore (District) Bodenordnung Indien Süd Grondbezitters Pachters Land markets India Nellore (District) Land use, Rural India Nellore (District) Land tenure India Nellore (District) Agriculteurs Inde Nellore (Inde ; district) Propriété foncière Inde Nellore (Inde ; district) Prêts hypothécaires Inde Nellore (Inde ; district) Inde Histoire Andhra Pradesh (Inde) Histoire Geschichte 1850-1990. swd 61-92 HD879.N37 A83 1996 333.53095484 333.33550954 At23l 15.75 RR 39977 Lands and tenants in South India Atchi Reddy, M. Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1996 (OCoLC)654144746 0195636600 9780195636604 96900191 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0606/96900191-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0606/96900191-d.html DLC 960516 20231130185418.0 in00001300101 eng