Structure And Society In Early South India
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Structure And Society In Early South India
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Author : Kenneth R. Hall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Structure And Society In Early South India written by Kenneth R. Hall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The essays in this collection address the emergence of rural and urban societies and state systems in the region and demonstrate the richness of contemporary research, particularly that based on the study of pre-colonial south Indian temple inscriptions.
The Political Structure Of Early Medieval South India
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Author : Kesavan Veluthat
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Political Structure Of Early Medieval South India written by Kesavan Veluthat and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with India, South categories.
State And Society In Pre Modern South India
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
State And Society In Pre Modern South India written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with India, South categories.
Contributed articles presented at the National Seminar on State and Society in Pre-modern South India, held in 2002 at Post Graduate Department of History, Sri. C. Achutha Menon Government College, Thrissur on political sociology of medieval South India.
Structure And Change In Indian Society
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Author : Milton B. Singer
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Structure And Change In Indian Society written by Milton B. Singer and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Recent theoretical and methodological innovations in the anthropological analysis of South Asian societies have introduced distinctive modifications in the study of Indian social structure and social change. This book, reporting on twenty empirical studies of Indian society conducted by outstanding scholars, reflects these trends not only with reference to Indian society itself, but also in terms of the relevance of such trends to an understanding of social change more generally. The contributors demonstrate the adaptive changes experienced by the studied groups in particular villages, towns, cities, and regions. The authors view the basic social units of joint family, caste, and village not as structural isolates, but as intimately connected with one another and with other social units through social and cultural networks of various kinds that incorporate the social units into the complex structure of Indian civilization. Within this broadened conception of social structure, these studies trace the changing relations of politics, economics, law, and language to the caste system. Showing that the caste system is dynamic, with upward and downward mobility characterizing it from pre-British times to the present, the studies suggest that the modernizing forces which entered the system since independence--parliamentary democracy, universal suffrage, land reforms, modern education, urbanization, and industrial technology--provided new opportunities and paths to upward mobility, but did not radically alter the system. The chapters in this book show that the study of Indian society reveals novel forms of social structure change. They introduce methods and theories that may well encourage social scientists to extend the study of change in Indian society to the study of change in other areas. Milton Singer (1912-1994) was Paul Klapper Professor of Social Sciences and professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago. He was a fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also chosen as a distinguished lecturer by the American Anthropological Association and was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Association for Asian Studies. Bernard S. Cohn (1918-2003) was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He was widely known for his work on India during the British colonial period and wrote many books on the subject of India including India: The Social Anthropology of a Civilization (1971), An Anthropologist among the Historians and Other Essays (1987), and Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge (1996).
The Structure Of Indian Society
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Author : A.M. Shah
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Structure Of Indian Society written by A.M. Shah and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Social Science categories.
This book has a collection of ten articles written during 1982–2007 and an exhaustive introduction on the structural features of Indian society, that is, the enduring social groups, institutions and processes, such as caste, tribe, sect, rural-urban relations, etc. The book views Indian society in contemporary as well as historical perspective, based on a wealth of field research as well as archival material. The book focuses on the significance of village studies in transforming the understanding of Indian society and also shows how urban centres have been useful in shaping society. Taking a critical look at the prevailing thinking on various structures and institutions, the author uses insights derived from his comprehensive studies of kinship, marriage, religion, and grassroots politics in advancing their studies. He points out the strengths and weaknesses of these structures and institutions and the direction in which they are changing with respect to modern time. As against the overwhelming emphasis on the hierarchical dimension of caste, this book focuses on its horizontal dimension, that is, every caste’s population spread over villages and towns in an area, its internal organization and differentiation based on networks of kinship, marriage, patron-client relationship, and role of endogamy versus hypergamy in maintaining its boundaries. The tribes are also seen in the same perspective, emphasizing the tribe-caste homology. Finally, the book provides information on important issues like policy of reservations, the reliability of censuses and surveys of castes and tribes, removal of untouchability, growth of organized religion and secularization.
The Courts Of Pre Colonial South India
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Author : Jennifer Howes
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
The Courts Of Pre Colonial South India written by Jennifer Howes and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.
This book investigates how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and painted representations of courtly life. Set against the historical background of the events which led to the formation of the Ramnad Kingdom, the Kingdom's material circumstances are examined, beginning with the innermost region of the palace and moving out to the Kingdom via the palace compound itself and the walled town which surrounded it. An important study for both art historians and South India specialists. The volume is richly illustrated in colour.
South Indian History And Society
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Author : Noboru Karashima
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
South Indian History And Society written by Noboru Karashima and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with India, South categories.
History And Society In South India
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Author : Noboru Karashima
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
History And Society In South India written by Noboru Karashima and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
This omnibus edition of South Indian History and Society and Towards a New Formation presents a fascinating perspective on the development of South Indian society during the Chola period, which finally brought a new social formation into South India under the Vijayanagara nayaka rule towards the end of the fifteenth century.
A Social History Of Early India
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Author : Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya
language : en
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Release Date : 2009
A Social History Of Early India written by Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya and has been published by Pearson Education India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with India categories.
Contributed seminar papers.
Land And Society In Early South Asia
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Author : Ryosuke Furui
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2019-07-02
Land And Society In Early South Asia written by Ryosuke Furui and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-02 with History categories.
This volume explores the process of social changes which unfolded in rural society of early medieval Bengal, especially the formation of stratified land relations and occupational groups which later got systematised as jātis. One of the first books to systematically reconstruct the early history of the region, this book presents a history of the economy, polity, law, and social order of early medieval Bengal through a comprehensive study of land and society. It traces the changing power relations among constituents of rural society and political institutions, and unravels the contradictions growing among them. The author describes the changing forms of agrarian development which were deeply associated with these overarching structures and offers an in-depth analysis of a wide range of textual sources in Sanskrit and other languages, especially contemporary inscriptions pertaining to Bengal. The volume will be an essential resource for researchers and academics interested in the history of Bengal, and the social and economic history of early South Asia.