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100 _aKlass, Morton
245 0 _aEast Indians in Trinidad
260 _aNew York
260 _bColumbia University Press
260 _c1961
300 _a265p.
520 _aThis 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
650 _aSociology
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