| Publication |
Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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| Description |
421pYellow Spine
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| Series |
The New Cambridge History of India
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| Summary/Abstract |
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.
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| Contents |
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
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| Standard Number |
0521678617 Pb.
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