Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age (The New Cambridge History of India)

The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life. This volume explores the emergence of ideas and practices that gave rise to the so-called "caste-society." Using a historical and anthropological approach, the author frames her analysis in the context of India's economic and social order, interpreting caste as a contingent and variable response to changes in India's political landscape through the colonial conquest. The book's wide-ranging analysis offers one of the most powerful statements ever written on caste in South Asia.

• The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India
• Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
• The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism: Secular Claims, Communal Realities
• A Concise History of Modern India, 3rd Edition
• The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan, New Edition
• Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire (The New Cambridge History of India)
• India's Islamic Traditions: 711-1750 (Oxford in India Readings: Themes in Indian History)