A Perfect State of Health: A Novel.

"Prolonged residence in the village of Ramkheri has given Mr. Mayer a store of information concerning those real and imagined social groupings which so deeply influence the conduct of the rural Indian... Caste And Kinship is the most complete discussion of the workings of caste yet to be made available... It should be one of the three or four essential reference works for anyone who mentions caste in India in his lectures or writings." -- American Sociological Review