Author: Matsui, Toru
Title: Igirisu shihai to Indo shakai : 19-seiki zenpan Kita Indo shi no ichi kenkyu
Description: Tokyo, Daigaku Toyo Bunka, 1987. orig. cloth. (22),405pp. 26x18cm,. 4pp photoplates,textual maps. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ British Rule & Indian Society : A North Indian District in the First Half of the 19th Century". Title and pages i-xviii; 1-230; 370-397 entirely in Japanese. Pages 234-321 consist of English-text land revenue data in tabular format with Japanese/ English captions; pages 324 - 340 consist of maps with bilingual Japanese/ English captions; pages 341-348 consist of graphs with bilingual Japanese/ English captions; pages 350-381 consist of photofacsimile English " Settlement Report on Merath Paragana, 6 July 1837"[12pp] with 8-page English transcription + 12-page Japanese translation. Includes an English table-of-contents. Concerns Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. Contents: British Rule - Fact & Fiction: The Task of Collector & Elliot's Appointment; The Delay in the Revenue Settlement & Elliot; Settlement under the Old Regulation; Attempted Improvement through the New Regulation; The Theoretical Basis of Revenue Assessment under the Old & New Regulation; The Instructions of the Board of Revenue for the Enforcement of the New Regulation; Elliot's Revenue Settlement: The Estimate of the Rent; The Assessment & the Darkhast; Principles of the British Rule & Elliot; Subsequent Events in Elliot's Life; Indian Society: Light & Shadow: The Other Side of the Story; The Region; Statistical Sources for the Merath Paragana; Statistical Sources for the Lapsed Begam Samru's Territories: The Putting Together & Processing of the Whole Data; The Aftermath of the Wars & the Varying Local Conditions; The Village; Cultivators: Proprietors & Tenants; Land Ownership....

Keywords: Indian Colonial History, Henry M. Elliot, British Raj India, Colonial Economics, Economic History, Meerut Agricultural, South Asia, Uttar Pradesh, Land Revenue, Sociology