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9780195638479

Caste, Class and Power Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village

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    9780195638479

  • ISBN10:

    0195638476

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-08-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This work deals with the relationship between three fundamental aspects of social stratification, and provides a method for describing and analyzing variation and change in systems of stratification. This new edition incorporates significant additional material in the form of two appendices, dealing with issues of substance and method, and an epilogue which surveys the changing fortunes of village studies in India.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
1(18)
II. The Village: Its Physical Structure
19(26)
III. The Caste Structure
45(57)
IV. Economic Organisation and Social Class
102(39)
V. The Distribution of Power
141(44)
VI. Conclusion: Caste, Class and Power
185(41)
References 226(5)
Epilogue: Village Studies in Retrospect 231(21)
Appendix I: The Social Organisation of Temples 252(19)
Appendix II: The Tribulations of Field Work 271(16)
Index 287

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