Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age
by Susan Bayly
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"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."--Jacket.
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Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
2008, Cambridge University Press
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Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age
2001, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age
1999, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-412) and index.
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