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100			_aBayly, Susan _95797
245		0	_aCaste, Society and Politics in India from the 18th Century to the Modern Age
260			_aNew York: _c2001. _bCambridge University Press,
300			_axi,421p.
440			_aThe new Cambridge history of India IV _95803
440			_a The evolution of contemporary South Asia _95804
505			_a Introduction; 1. Historical origins of a 'caste society'; 2. The 'Brahman Raj': kings and service people, c. 1700-1830; 3. Western 'Orientalists and the Colonial perception of caste'; 4. Caste and the modern nation: incubus or essence; 5. The everyday experience of caste in Colonial India; 6. Caste debate and the emergence of Gandhian Nationalism; 7. State policy and 'reservations': the politicization of caste-based social welfare goals; 8. Caste in the everyday life of Independent India; 9. 'Caste wars' and the mandate of violence; Conclusion.
650			_aCastes -- India _95805
650			_aSocial classes -- India. _95806
650			_aIndia -- History -- 18th century. _94657
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