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Title

The politics of untouchability : social mobility and social change in a city of India / Owen M. Lynch.

Author

Lynch, Owen M., 1931-2013.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, 1969.

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Description

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

Case study of anthropological research in a community of leather workers in the agra urban area in India as an illustration of social change and change in the social status of the untouchables - analyses the effects of political independence and democratic parliamentary practices on their legal status and on the gradual elimination of caste discrimination, and covers economic implications, family budgets, religion, cultural factors, etc. Bibliography and statistical tables.

Subject

• Jatavs
• Caste > India > Agra
• Caste
• Jat
• research
• leather worker
• urban area
• social change
• social status
• parliamentary practice
• legal status
• discrimination
• economic implication
• household expenditure
• religion
• cultural factor
• statistical table
• Intouchables > Inde
• Castes > Inde
• recherche
• travailleur du cuir
• zone urbaine
• changement social
• statut social
• procédure parlementaire
• statut légal
• conséquences économiques
• dépenses des ménages
• facteur culturel
• tableau statistique
• investigación
• trabajador del cuero
• zona urbana
• cambio social
• condición social
• práctica parlamentaria
• situación jurídica
• discriminación
• consecuencias económicas
• gasto de los hogares
• religión
• factor cultural
• cuadros estadísticos
• India > Agra
• Agra
• Indien
• India
• Inde

Genre/Form

• case study.
• bibliography.
• étude de cas.
• bibliographie.
• estudio de casos.
• bibliografía.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [236]-245.

ISBN

• 0231032307
• 9780231032308

LCCN

76087148

OCLC

• ocm00031520
• 31520
• SCSB-252182

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library