Caste and race in India:

"Caste is the most dominant single aspect of Indian society and no study of Indian society can be complete without getting into the ramifications of the Hindu caste system. Caste and Race in India, since its first publication in History of Civilization series, edited by C.K. Ogden in 1932, has...

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Main Author: Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv 1893-1983 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles SAGE 2016
Edition:Fifth edition
Series:Sage texts
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Caste is the most dominant single aspect of Indian society and no study of Indian society can be complete without getting into the ramifications of the Hindu caste system. Caste and Race in India, since its first publication in History of Civilization series, edited by C.K. Ogden in 1932, has remained a basic work for students of Indian sociology and anthropology, and has been acclaimed by teachers and reviewers as a sociological classic. The present edition is an expanded version with five new chapters, comprehensive enough for a separate volume. Answering his critics, the author elaborates his arguments on the evolution of sub-castes and examines caste, sub-caste and kinship in its proper perspective. The relationship between caste and politics, which he had briefly dealt with in the 1932 edition, is developed in the present edition, with a provocative and thorough analysis of caste and politics in Tamil Nadu from early times to the present day. The concluding chapter is an incisive analysis of contemporary India: the author apprehends that India will develop into a plural society and not a casteless one which was the dream of the architects of her Constitution"...Provided by publisher
Item Description:"First published in 1932 by Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd"...Title page verso. - Second and third editions (1950, 1956) have title: Caste and class in India; 4th edition (1961) has title: Caste, class, and occupation. - Includes bibliographical references (pages B-1-B-4) and index
Physical Description:242, A-8, B-4, I-9 pages 24 cm
ISBN:9789386042279

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