| ID | 007762 |
| Call Number | 305.5122/BAY |
| Title Proper | Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bayly, Susan |
| Publication | Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description | 421p Yellow Spine |
| Series | The New Cambridge History of India |
| Note | 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. |
| Note | Map 1: The break-up of the Mughal empire, c.1766
Map 2: British India, 1858-1947
Map 3: India after Independence, 1956-1987
Historical origins of a 'caste society'
The 'Brahman Raj': kings and service people c.1700-1830
Western 'orientalists' and the colonial perception of caste
Caste and the modern nation: incubus or essence?
The everyday experience of caste in colonial India
Caste debate and the emergence of Gandhian nationalism
State policy and 'reservation': the politicisation of caste-based social welfare schemes
Caste in the everyday life of independent India
'Caste wars' and the mandate of violence
Conclusion
Glossary |
| Standard Number | 0521678617 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.395(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 305.5122 |
| Key Words | Social classes - Fiction ; Human rights ; Caste - India ; India - History - 19th Century ; India - History - 20th Century ; Transfer to IBDP ; Global politics |