Uttar Pradesh / Rudra Datt Singh [and many others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, Rudra Datt, author.

Series:

EHRAF World Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Manners and customs.

Ethnology--India--Uttar Pradesh.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Human Relations Area Files, 2011.

Summary:

This collection of 12 documents covers cultural, economic and environmental information circa 1900s to the mid-1980s in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. A majority of the documents are village-level studies. The basic works to consult are two documents by anthropologist Edward Morris Opler and his India co-author Rudra Datt Singh. One of these works is a comparative study of the villages of Ramapur and Madhopur with particular emphasis on similarities and differences in aspects of the economy, political organization, social structure and the caste system. The other focuses on the nature of the caste-based division of labor and village life in Senapur. The information in these documents is enriched by four follow-up studies by Opler. Coverage includes the place of religion in village life, regional and inter-village socioeconomic ties, recent changes in family structure and local political economy.

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