Title Beyond caste : identity and power in South Asia, past and present / by Sumit Guha.

Publication Info.	Leiden : Brill, 2013.
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Description	1 online resource (236 pages) : maps.
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Series	Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 44
	Brill's Indological library ; v. 44.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The Birth of Caste -- Territorial Power: The Spatial Dimension of Social Organization -- The Political Economy of Village Life -- A Locus of Sociopolitical Organization: The Household -- Ruling, Identifying, and Counting: Knowledge and Power in Eighteenth-Century India -- Empires, Nations, and the Politics of Ethnic Identity c. 1800-2000.
Summary	"Beyond Caste traces the many changes South Asian society through the centuries and shows how 'caste' should be understood as a politically inflected and complex form of ethnic stratification that persisted across religious affiliations"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Group identity -- South Asia -- History.
	Group identity.
	South Asia.
	History.
	Caste -- South Asia -- History.
	Caste.
	Power (Social sciences) -- South Asia -- History.
	Power (Social sciences)
Genre/Form	History.
	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Guha, Sumit. Beyond caste. Leiden : Brill, 2013 9789004249189 (DLC) 2013021168 (OCoLC)851753891
ISBN	9789004254855 (electronic book)
	9004254854 (electronic book)
	9781299870550 (electronic book)
	1299870554 (electronic book)
	9789004249189 (hardback)
	9004249184 (hardback)