Caste in history: Oxford in India readings: themes in Indian history

Part of the prestigious Themes in History series, this reader brings togetherseminal writings on caste and its connection with colonialism and politics aswell as its practice and presence in everyday life. INDICE: Introduction: Questions of Caste, Ishita Banerjee-Dube Caste and Colonialism ; 1.: Caste and the British Merchant Government, 1639-1749, Patrick A. Roche; 2.: The Census, Social Stratification and Objectification in South Asia, Bernard S. Cohn; Excerpt from Caste and British Rule by G. S. Ghurye;3.: Between Number and Knowledge: Career of Caste in Colonial Census, Padmanabh Samarendra; Excerpt from From Village to Community by Richard Saumarez Smith; Excerpt from Caste and Nationality by H. H. Risley; Caste in Practice4.: The Birth of a Jati, Frank F. Conlon; Excerpt from The Northern Nadars of Tamil Nadu by Denis Templeman; 5.: Dimensions of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and CasteDifferences in Entrepreneurial Style, Raymond Lee Owens and Ashis Nandy; 6.: The Shudra Right to Rule: Caste, Clan, Community and State, Shail Mayaram; 7.:The Mukkuvars of Kanyakumari: On the Margins of Caste Society, Kalpana Ram; Caste and Politics8.: Securing the Rural Citizen: The Anti Kallar Movement of 1896, Anand Pandian; 9.: Phule and the Inversion of Brahman Myths, Rosalind O'Hanlon; 10.:. Social Mobility in Colonial Bengal: The Namasudras, Sekhar Bandyopadhyay; 11.: Gandhi and Ambedkar: A Study in Leadership, Eleanor Zelliot; Excerpt from Rise of Dalits and the Renewed Debate on Caste by Rajni Kothari; 12.: Is India Becoming More Democratic?, Ashutosh Varshney; bCaste in Everyday Life13.:. Higher Castes and Lower Castes in Karani, Viramma, Josian Racine and Jean-Luc Racine; 14.: Religious Hymns, Vasant Moon; 15.: Childhood Formations, Kancha Ilaiah; Excerpt from The Ex-Untouchables of Post-Independence Punjaby by Mark Juergensmeyer; 16.: Authority and Discrimination in Everyday Life, Saurabh Dube

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806678-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 03/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés