From the late eighteenth century struggles over untitled and unassessed land in Madras became completely entangled with the East India Company’s efforts to craft its sovereign powers. These lands could not be leached of their social meanings and use and instead, competing ideas of ownership incarnated sovereignty as eviction and the Company as a pre-eminent land developer.

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主权，财产与土地开发：马德拉斯的东印度公司

从18世纪后期开始，关于马德拉斯无标题和未评估土地的斗争就完全与东印度公司建立其主权国家的努力纠缠在一起。这些土地无法摆脱其社会意义和用途，取而代之的是，所有权相互竞争的想法体现了主权的驱逐，而公司则是杰出的土地开发商。