Politics of untouchability : social mobility and social change in a city of India

By:

"Lynch, Owen. M."

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi; National; 1969Description: 251pSubject(s):

Untouchables

DDC classification:

305.56 LYN

Summary: About twenty years ago a noteworthy event signaled the begin ning of a new era in world affairs. This was the achievement of independence and self-rule by the people of India. Thereafter one nation after another has achieved independence in a now post colonial world. While we know something about the broad political problems of the new independent nations, our inf ation concerning effects of independence upon various groups within these states is still minimal. This book is meant as a contribution toward fill ing this gap. It is particularly concerned with the effects of inde pendence and of the adoption of parliamentary democracy as a system of government on one small group of people in India, the Jatav caste. More explicitly it is about one section of this caste, that which lives in the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	305.56 Lyn (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		4772

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About twenty years ago a noteworthy event signaled the begin ning of a new era in world affairs. This was the achievement of independence and self-rule by the people of India. Thereafter one nation after another has achieved independence in a now post colonial world.

While we know something about the broad political problems of the new independent nations, our inf ation concerning effects of independence upon various groups within these states is still minimal. This book is meant as a contribution toward fill ing this gap. It is particularly concerned with the effects of inde pendence and of the adoption of parliamentary democracy as a system of government on one small group of people in India, the Jatav caste. More explicitly it is about one section of this caste, that which lives in the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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