Structure and Transformation: Theory and Society in India

by Susan Visvanathan (Editor)

Overview

Using key theoretical and empirical debates on the topic, this book explores urbanization, industrialization, and stratification in India. It engages readers with the problems of typologies—tribal, peasant, and industrial—to help us better understand the issues surrounding modernity and tradition in India.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195655254
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/17/2001
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Susan Visvanathan is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction, Susan Visvanathan
1. Structure and Culture: The Debates, Sheena Jain
2. Framework in Change: Colonial Indian Society, Satish Saberwal
3. On Understanding Caste and Class, K.L. Sharma
4. Forest Dwellers and Tribals in India, Savyasaachi
5. Anomie, Alienation, and Involvement, Kuriakose Mamkoottam
6. Gender and Work in Industrial Society, Cherian Joseph
7. Women and Migration, Tulsi Patel
8. Interpretations of the City, Susan Visvanathan
9. Plantation Labour in South and South-East Asia, Shobhita Jain
10. Religion and the Geddesian Theory of the City, Shiv Visvanathan
Index