Structure and Change in Indian Society
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- TRANSCRIPTION OF INDIAN WORDS -- CONTENTS -- I. CASTE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- 1. NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF INDIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE -- 2. FAMILY, JATI, VILLAGE -- 3. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CASTE: THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA -- II. THE STRUCTURE OF INTERCASTE RELATIONS -- 4. CASTE REGIONS OF THE NORTH INDIAN PLAIN -- 5. TOWARD A GRAMMAR OF DEFILEMENT IN HINDU SACRED LAW -- 6. CASTE RANKING AND FOOD TRANSACTIONS: A MATRIX ANALYSIS -- 7. CASTE AND WORLD VIEW: THE APPLICATION OF SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS -- III. IS THE CASTE SYSTEM CHANGING? -- 8. MOBILITY IN THE CASTE SYSTEM -- 9. MOBILITY IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY CASTE SYSTEM -- 10. THE POLITICS OF UNTOUCHABILITy-A CASE FROM AGRA, INDIA -- IV. CASTE IN POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND LAW -- 11. STRUCTURES OF POLITICS IN THE VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN ASIA -- 12. CASTE AND MERCHANT COMMUNITIES -- 13. CHANGING LEGAL CONCEPTIONS OF CASTE -- V. THE JOINT FAMILY, ITS STRUCTURES AND CHANGES -- 14. REGION, CASTE. AND FAMILY STRUCTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE INDIAN "JOINT" FAMILY -- 15. CHITPAVAN BRAHMAN FAMILY HISTORIES: SOURCES FOR A STUDY OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN MAHARASHTRA -- 16. TIME-DIMENSION AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AN INDIAN KINSHIP SYSTEM: A PROBLEM OF CONCEPTUAL REFINEMENT -- 17. THE INDIAN JOINT FAMILY IN MODERN INDUSTRY -- VI. LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- 18. SOCIAL DIALECT AND SEMANTIC STRUCTURE IN SOUTH ASIA -- 19. THE STRUCTURE OF VARIATION: A STUDY IN CASTE DIALECTS -- 20. OCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE IN RELATION TO DHARWAR DIALECTS -- PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE