Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village (Oxford India Paperbacks)

This work deals with the relationship between three fundamental aspects of social stratification, and provides a method for describing and analyzing variation and change in systems of stratification. This new edition incorporates significant additional material in the form of two appendices, dealing with issues of substance and method, and an epilogue which surveys the changing fortunes of village studies in India.