India and Ceylon: unity and diversity : a symposium / edited by Philip Mason
1967, First Edition. London, New York : published for the Institute of Race Relations by Oxford U.P. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395283
Series; Institute of Race Relations. Publications. Physical description; viii, 311 pages maps, tables 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Unity and diversity : an introductory review / by Philip Mason -- The position of the Muslims, before and after partition / by Percival Spear -- Language and region within the Indian union / by W.H. Morris-Jones -- The cohesive role of sanskritization / by M.N. Srinivas -- The future of the backward classes : the competing demands of status and power / by Andre Beteille -- Caste and local politics in India / by Adrian C. Mayer -- Rural cities in India : continuities and discontinuities / by Owen M. Lynch -- The Gandhian view of caste, and caste after Gandhi -- The position of the tribal populations in modern India / by Christoph von Furer -- Elites, status groups, and caste in modern India / by Andre Beteille -- Cohesion and division in Indian elites / by T.B. Bottomore -- Nationalism, communalism, and national unity in Ceylon / by S. Arasaratnam -- Is there an Indian nation? / by Hugh Tinker. Subjects; Social classes India. Acculturation India. Classes sociales Inde. Acculturation. Ethnic relations.
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