"This book examines how, over colonial times, the diverse practices and customs of an existing rural universe--with
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English Year 2019
Table of contents :
Introduction: The great agrarian conquest --
Masculine paternalism and colonial governance --
How villages were found --
In search of tenures --
The power of categories --
Codifying custom --
Remembered pasts --
Beyond the code --
Fear of the fragment --
Colonising the commons --
The promise of modernity, antinomies of development --
Epilogue: The last ride.