Rural Society in Southeast India [Paperback]

A comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanj
vkr district of southeast India based on fieldwork in 19513.This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanj
vkr district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 19513. 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.This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanj
vkr district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 19513. 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.This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanj
vkr district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 19513. 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.Preface; Part I. Thanj
vkr: 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 1855l��