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Homo hierarchicus; an essay on the caste system. Translated by Mark Sainsbury.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Nature of human society seriesPublication details: [Chicago] University of Chicago Press [1970]Description: xxi, 386 p. maps. 23 cmISBN: - 0226169596
- 9780226169590
- Homo hierarchicus. English
- 305.5122 D893H
- HT720 .D813 1970b
Contents:
Introduction -- I: History of Ideas -- II: From System to Structure: The Pure and the Impure -- III. Hierarchy: The Theory of the 'Varna' -- IV: The Division of Labour -- V: The Regulation of Marriage: Separation and Hierarchy -- VI: Rules Concerning Contact and Food -- VII: Power and Territory -- VIII: Caste Government -- IX: Concomitants and Implications -- X. Comparison: Are There Castes Among Non-Hindus and Outside India? -- XI. Comparison (Concluded) : The Contemporary Trend.
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| 305.51 S774C Caste : its Twentieth Century Avatar / | 305.51 S774C Caste : its Twentieth Century Avatar / | 305.512 K95C The caste-class formations : | 305.5122 D893H Homo hierarchicus; | 305.52 B471D Dangerous wives and sacred sisters : social and symbolic roles of high-caste women in Nepal / | 305.54 K95P The Parsees in India; a minority as agent of social change. | 305.55 M678I The Indian middle classes; |
Bibliography: p. 346-369.
Introduction -- I: History of Ideas -- II: From System to Structure: The Pure and the Impure -- III. Hierarchy: The Theory of the 'Varna' -- IV: The Division of Labour -- V: The Regulation of Marriage: Separation and Hierarchy -- VI: Rules Concerning Contact and Food -- VII: Power and Territory -- VIII: Caste Government -- IX: Concomitants and Implications -- X. Comparison: Are There Castes Among Non-Hindus and Outside India? -- XI. Comparison (Concluded) : The Contemporary Trend.
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