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Beyond caste : identity and power in South Asia, past and present

Title
Beyond caste : identity and power in South Asia, past and present / by Sumit Guha.
Author
Guha, Sumit.
Publication
Leiden : Brill, 2013.

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Description
xviii, 236 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Beyond Caste traces the many changes South Asian society through the centuries and shows how 'caste' should be understood as a politically inflected and complex form of ethnic stratification that persisted across religious affiliations.
Series Statement
Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 44
Uniform Title
Brill's Indological library ; v. 44.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Birth of Caste -- Territorial Power: The Spatial Dimension of Social Organization -- The Political Economy of Village Life -- A Locus of Sociopolitical Organization: The Household -- Ruling, Identifying, and Counting: Knowledge and Power in Eighteenth-Century India --Empires, Nations, and the Politics of Ethnic Identity c. 1800-2000.
Call Number
JFE 16-3187
ISBN
  • 9789004249189
  • 9004249184
  • 9789004254855 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2013021168
  • 40022875851
OCLC
851753891
Author
Guha, Sumit.
Title
Beyond caste : identity and power in South Asia, past and present / by Sumit Guha.
Publisher
Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 44
Brill's Indological library ; v. 44.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40022875851
Research Call Number
JFE 16-3187
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