Rawat, Ramnarayan S. <br/><br/>
Reconsidering untouchability :  Chamars and Dalit history in North India / 
Ramnarayan S. Rawat. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  c2011. 
 - xix, 272 p. :  ill., map ;  23 cm. 
 - Contemporary Indian studies .
 - Contemporary Indian studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Untouchable boundaries : Chamars and the politics of identity and history -- Making Chamars criminal : the crime of cattle poisoning -- Investigating the stereotype : Chamar peasants and agricultural laborers -- Is the leather industry a Chamar enterprise? : the making of leatherworkers -- Struggle for identities : Chamar histories and politics -- From Chamars to Dalits : the making of an achhut identity and politics, 1927-56 -- Conclusion: Overcoming domination : the emergence of a new achhut identity -- Appendix: Statistical tables -- Glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253355584 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253355583 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0253222621 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010031792 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB083417  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015600115  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chamār (South Asian people)--History.--India, North<br/>Chamār (South Asian people)--Ethnic identity.--India, North<br/>Dalits--History.--India, North<br/>Caste--History.--India, North<br/>Leatherwork--Social aspects--History.--India, North<br/>Agricultural laborers--Social conditions.--India, North<br/>Chamār (South Asian people)--Politics and government.--India, North<br/>Dalits--Politics and government.--India, North
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India, North--Ethnic relations.<br/>India, North--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS432.C48  / R39 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5688 RAW