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Author Bayly, Susan.

Title Caste, society and politics in India from the eighteenth century to the modern age / Susan Bayly.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  954 B359C    Check Shelf
Description xi, 421 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series The New Cambridge history of India ; IV, 3
New Cambridge history of India ; IV, 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-412) and index.
Contents 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 'reservations: 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.
Subject Caste -- India.
Social classes -- India.
India -- History -- 18th century.
India -- History -- 19th century.
India -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0521798426
9780521798426
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