Rural society in southeast India
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Bibliographic Information
Rural society in southeast India
(Cambridge studies in social anthropology, no. 38)
Cambridge University Press, 1981
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 441-446
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanjavur district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 1951-3. Differing from the usual village study, Gough's work traces the history of the villages over the past century and examines the impact of colonialism on the district since 1770. The volume's theoretical significance lies in its attempt to define more clearly the characteristics of rural class relations, particularly addressing the question whether Indian agrarian relations are still precapitalist. This study not only provides a vivid account of village life in southeast India in the 1950s (to be followed by a later study done in the 1970s), but also contributes to theory concerning modes of production, class structures in the Third World, and underdevelopment.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Thanjavur: 1. The district
- 2. Castes and religious groups
- 3. The agriculturalists
- 4. The nonagriculturalists
- 5. Variations in ecology, demography and social structure
- 6. The colonial background and the sources of poverty
- 7. Political parties
- Part II. Kumbapettai: 8. The face of the village
- 9. Kumbapettai before 1855
- 10. Kumbapettai from 1855 to 1952
- 11. The annual round
- 12. Economics and class structure: the petty bourgeoisie
- 13. Independent commodity producers and traders
- 14. The semiproletariat
- 15. Village politics: religion, caste and class
- 16. Village politics: the street assembly
- 17. Class struggle and village power structure
- Part III. Kirippur: 18. East Thanjavur
- 19. The village
- 20. Economy and class structure
- 21. Village politics: the caste Hindus
- 22. The Communist movement
- 23. Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
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