The Village in India (Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology)

The village has epitomized Indian civilization and been the subject of study and contemplation. The present volume attempts to address a wide number of interests - economic, political, cultural, social. gender - and presents a profile of processes and cahnge in Indian villages based on publications over the last fifty years. The essays clearly demonstrate that every Indian village although similar in many ways, is also characterised by regional variations.