Caste, Society and Politics in India From the Eighteenth Century to - the Modern Ag

Zusammenfassung Adopting an historical and anthropological approach! the book seeks to account for the development and persistence of India's caste system over 350 years. Unlike many studies of the subject which are highly polemical or too technical for non-specialists! this volume is intended for a student and general market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Historical origins of a 'caste society'; 2. The 'Brahman Raj': kings and service people, c. 1700-1830; 3. Western 'Orientalists and the Colonial perception of caste'; 4. Caste and the modern nation: incubus or essence; 5. The everyday experience of caste in Colonial India; 6. Caste debate and the emergence of Gandhian Nationalism; 7. State policy and 'reservations': the politicization of caste-based social welfare goals; 8. Caste in the everyday life of Independent India; 9. 'Caste wars' and the mandate of violence; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Susan Bayly, Susan (University of Cambridge) Bayly
• Assisted by: Christopher Alan Bayly (Editor), Gordon Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2001
• EAN: 9780521798426
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79842-6
• No. of pages: 444
• Series: New Cambridge History of India; New Cambridge History of India
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous