Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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Page 66
... mortgages were granted outright and redeemable at any time by simply returning the principal of the mortgage , but few Limbu were able to acquire the ready cash needed for redemption of their lands . The amount of the mortgage was ...
... mortgages were granted outright and redeemable at any time by simply returning the principal of the mortgage , but few Limbu were able to acquire the ready cash needed for redemption of their lands . The amount of the mortgage was ...
Page 67
... mortgage lands belonging to 30 per cent of all Limbu households which possess Kipat ... ' ( Caplan 1967 : 112 ) . The new elite class forms less than 5 per cent of the Limbu population as a whole and is the focal point of the ...
... mortgage lands belonging to 30 per cent of all Limbu households which possess Kipat ... ' ( Caplan 1967 : 112 ) . The new elite class forms less than 5 per cent of the Limbu population as a whole and is the focal point of the ...
Page 72
... mortgage . And even though they may not benefit at the moment from lands that they own in name only , there is always the possibility of regaining those lands in the future . The wealthier Limbu , of course , resist land reform because ...
... mortgage . And even though they may not benefit at the moment from lands that they own in name only , there is always the possibility of regaining those lands in the future . The wealthier Limbu , of course , resist land reform because ...
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Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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