Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age /

Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age /

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Author / Creator:	Bayly, Susan.
Edition:	Pbk. ed.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description:	xi, 421 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The New Cambridge history of India ; IV, 3 New Cambridge history of India ; IV, 3.
Subject:	Caste -- India. Social classes -- India. Caste. Social classes. India -- History -- 18th century. India -- History -- 19th century. India -- History -- 20th century. India. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11287108

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ISBN:	0521264340 9780521264341 0521798426 9780521798426
Notes:	Originally published in 1999. Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-412) and index.
Summary:	The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Some scholars see India's caste system as the defining feature of Indian culture, although it is dismissed by others as a colonial artefact. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis explores the emergence of the ideas, experiences and practices which gave rise to so-called 'caste society' over a period of 350 years, from the pre-colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. Combining historical and anthropological approaches, Bayly frames her analysis within the context of India's dynamic economic and social order. She thereby interprets caste not as the essence of Indian culture and civilisation, but rather as a contingent and variable response to the enormous changes that occurred in the subcontinent's political landscape both before and after colonial conquest.

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Call Number:	DS422.C3 B38 2001
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