Rural sociology in India

Rural sociology in India,though emerging from the earlier work Introduction to Rural Sociology in India' is a thoroughly revised, enlarged and so far as readings are concerned, a completely new work on the subject.
Introduction to Rural Sociology in India' was published in the year 1953. It went off the market in 1955. It was essentially pre pared as an approach to Rural Sociology in India. It was comprised of two parts; the first part serving as a general theoretical guide to the study of rural society in India, and the second part embodying numerous Readings. These readings expressed the views of eminent scholars (many of international repute) and organizations on the scope, method, utility and the lines of studies developed by the new discipline Rural Sociology. These readings were incorporated with a view to helping the inauguration of such studies in India.
The scope and content of the present work have been substantially changed. It no longer merely emphasises the need for a scientific approach, but actually delineates the picture of rural society in India, emerging out of various studies of its numerous aspects that have been made. It is almost a new book. Even the Part of the book which remains almost intact acquires a new meaning in the context of the new. Part Two contains readings selected exclusively for providing a kaleidoscopic picture of the drama of rich and complex rural social life which is unfolding in the Indian countryside.