Structure and Change in Indian Society
Singer, Milton
Structure and Change in Indian Society - Jaipur Rawat Publications 2015 - 507p
includes index and biblioraphy
I. Caste and social structure 1. Notes on the history of the study of indian society and culture ....3 2. Family, jati,village ....29 3. A comparative analysis of caste: The united states and india ....51 II. The structure of intercaste relations 4. Caste regions of the north indian plain ....81 5. Toward a grammer of defilement in hindu sacred law ....115 6. Caste ranking and food transactions: A matrix analysis ....133 7. Caste and world view: The application of survey research methods ....173 III. Is the caste system changing 8. Mobility in the caste system ....189 9. Mobility in the nineteenth-century caste system .....201 10. The politics of untouchability - A case from agra, india ....209 IV. Caste in politics, economics and law 11. Structures of politics in the villages of southern Asia ....243 12. Caste and merchant communities .....285 13. Changing legal conceptions of caste ....299 V. The joint family,its structures and changes 14. Region, caste and family structure: A comparative study of the indian joint family ....339 15. Chitpavan brahman family histories: sources for a study of social structure and social change in maharashtra ....387 16. Time-dimension and structural change in an indian kinship system: A problem of conceptual refinement ....413 17. The indian joint family in modern industry ....423 VI. Language and social structure 18. Social dialect and semantic structure in south Asia ....455 19. The structure of variation: A study in caste dialects ....461 20. Occupation and residence in relation to dharwar dialects ....475
9788170333227 1595
R40.1 / SI641
Structure and Change in Indian Society - Jaipur Rawat Publications 2015 - 507p
includes index and biblioraphy
I. Caste and social structure 1. Notes on the history of the study of indian society and culture ....3 2. Family, jati,village ....29 3. A comparative analysis of caste: The united states and india ....51 II. The structure of intercaste relations 4. Caste regions of the north indian plain ....81 5. Toward a grammer of defilement in hindu sacred law ....115 6. Caste ranking and food transactions: A matrix analysis ....133 7. Caste and world view: The application of survey research methods ....173 III. Is the caste system changing 8. Mobility in the caste system ....189 9. Mobility in the nineteenth-century caste system .....201 10. The politics of untouchability - A case from agra, india ....209 IV. Caste in politics, economics and law 11. Structures of politics in the villages of southern Asia ....243 12. Caste and merchant communities .....285 13. Changing legal conceptions of caste ....299 V. The joint family,its structures and changes 14. Region, caste and family structure: A comparative study of the indian joint family ....339 15. Chitpavan brahman family histories: sources for a study of social structure and social change in maharashtra ....387 16. Time-dimension and structural change in an indian kinship system: A problem of conceptual refinement ....413 17. The indian joint family in modern industry ....423 VI. Language and social structure 18. Social dialect and semantic structure in south Asia ....455 19. The structure of variation: A study in caste dialects ....461 20. Occupation and residence in relation to dharwar dialects ....475
9788170333227 1595
R40.1 / SI641