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Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age
Bayly Susan
Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999 - 421p xvi
Contents
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.
9780521264341
1. Sociology - Caste - India - 18th Century - History2. History - India - 19th Century3. History - India - 20th Century
305.500000 / BAY
Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999 - 421p xvi
Contents
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.
9780521264341
1. Sociology - Caste - India - 18th Century - History2. History - India - 19th Century3. History - India - 20th Century
305.500000 / BAY