Item Description: | Contents: Chapter 1: Village studies, participant observation and social science research in India, Chapter 2: The tribulations of field work, Chapter 3: Nation and village, Chapter 4: Inclusive view of religion, Chapter 5: Modernisation and rural stratification, Chapter 6: The untouchable present, Chapter 7: New technology and traditional rural institutions, Chapter 8: Changing religious practices, Chapter 9: Institutions and incentives in a Garhwal village, Chapter 10: Taking dung-work seriously, Chapter 11: Coping with male migration, Chapter 12: Politicisation of dalits and most backward castes, Chapter 13: Emergance of backward castes in south Telangana, Chapter 14: Whither the Indian village, Chapter 15: Land, labour and caste politics in rural Tamil Nadu in the twentieth century, Chapter 16: Common property resources and rural poor in dry regions of India. |