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Social Change in Modern India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 222

Social Change in Modern India

This Volume Is A Compilation Of A Series Of Lectures Delivered By The Eminent Social Anthropologist M. N. Srinivas. These Lectures Have Been Widely Acclaimed And Have Since Been Recommended Or Prescribed As A Text For Students Of Sociology, Anthropology And Indian Studies. The Book Remains The Classic Of Social Anthropology As It Was Hailed, When First Published.

The Remembered Village
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 391

The Remembered Village

"The real virtue of this most recent contribution by Dr. Srinivas is the consistently human, humane, and humanistic tone oft he observations and of the narration; the simple, straightforward style in which it is written; and the richness of anecdotal materials. . . . He writes modestly as a wise and knowledgeable man. He restores faith in the best tradition of ethnography. Without being popular, in the pejorative sense, it is a book any uninitiated reader can read with pleasure and enlightenment."--Cora Du Bois, Asian Student "Few accounts of village life give one the sense of coming to know, of vicariously sharing in, the lives of real villagers that this book conveys. . . . The work is hol...

Collected Essays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 764

Collected Essays

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This is the definitive collection of essays by renowned Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas. Methodologically rigorous and elegantly written, Srinivas' work spans spans a wide range of topics, from important fieldwork to new research methods to seminal advances in theory. The book collects all of his major papers and includes work that had gone out of print or which had never before been published. The book is an important reference for sociologists, anthropologists, and anyone studying the diverse social changes in modern India.

Indian Society Through Personal Writings
  • Language: en

Indian Society Through Personal Writings

This volume offers a powerful selection of Srinivas' reflective writings. It begins with a readable account of how Srinivas became an anthropologist and ends with his return to the university after doing fieldwork in the village of Rampura.

The Dominant Caste and Other Essays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 230

The Dominant Caste and Other Essays

Case studies of Rampura Village in Karnataka.

Social Change in Modern India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Social Change in Modern India

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The Cohesive Role of Sanskritization and Other Essays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

The Cohesive Role of Sanskritization and Other Essays

This study brings together ten essays that explore such areas of modern Indian sociology as the caste system, the cohesive role of sanskritization, fertility and dowry, problems in sociological fieldwork, and the position of women in Indian society.

India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

India

This essay on Indian social structure originally formed a chapter in Volume 1 of The Gazetteer of India: Indian Union, published in 1965. It introduces the reader to the caste system, the village community, religious groups, marriage, kinship and inheritance, and changes in society at the time. M.N. Srinivas is the author.

Village, Caste, Gender, and Method
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Village, Caste, Gender, and Method

The Work Of M.N. Srinivas Constitutes A Watershed In The Development Of Sociology In India, And The Selections Brought Together In This Volume Have Had A Lasting Influence On The Discipline.

Caste in Modern India, and Other Essays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

Caste in Modern India, and Other Essays

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.