Klass, Morton

East Indians in Trinidad - New York Columbia University Press 1961 - 265p.

This book is about-

I INTRODUCTION

The Problem 3; Sugar and Slavery 4; East Indian Indentured Labor 8; The Indian in the West Indies 20

II THE VILLAGE

The Setting 28; History of Amity 30; The Village Today 39;

Household and District 44; Caste in the Village 55

III AMITY AT WORK

Labor on the Estate 66; Small Farmers 73; Other Occupations 76; The Cultivation of Rice 80; Gardening and Animal Husbandry 86;

Family Expenditures 88; Class Divisions 92

IV MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY Kinship 94; Marital Unions 108; The Life Cycle 1 Authority in the Family 131; Inheritance 134
V RELIGION

Non-Hindu Religions 137; Unity and Division in Amity Hinduism 145; Hindu Theology in Amity Today 152; Public Celebrations 157; Religious Ceremonies 169; Magic 179

VI COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION The "Village Pancēyt" and the Courts 192; The "Praja" Relation ship 199; National Politics on the Village Level 221


Sociology

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