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The untouchables : subordination, poverty, and the state in modern India / Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mendelsohn, Oliver.
- Series:
- Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ; 4.
- Contemporary South Asia ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dalits--India--Politics and government.
- Dalits.
- Dalits--India--Economic conditions.
- Politics and government.
- India.
- Economic conditions.
- Dalits--India--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- India--Politics and government--1947-.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 289 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- In a compelling account of the lives of those at the bottom of Indian society, the authors explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background that led to such a definition, and their position in India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521553628
- 0521556716
- OCLC:
- 37397862
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