Public faces, private voices: community and individuality in South India/
Mattison Mines
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- x, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
1. Introduction: Individuality in South India --
pt. 1. Public Faces-- 2. The Nature of Civic Individuality-- 3. Institutions and Big-men of a Madras City Community: George Town Today-- 4. Making the Community: George Town in Social History-- 5. A Portrait of Change-- 6. The Decline of Community and the Roles of Big-men--
pt. 2. Private Voices-- 7. Themes of Individuality in Private and Public Lives: Personal Narratives-- 8. Locating Individuality within the Collective Context-- 9. Conclusions.
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