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100			_aBayly Susan
245			_aCaste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c1999
300			_a421p _cxvi
365			_b Rs.295
505			_aContents 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.
650			_a1. Sociology - Caste - India - 18th Century - History2. History - India - 19th Century3. History - India - 20th Century
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