TY - BOOK AU - Dumont,Louis TI - Homo hierarchicus: an essay on the caste system T2 - The Nature of human society series SN - 0226169596 AV - HT720 .D813 1970b U1 - 305.5122 D893H PY - 1970///] CY - [Chicago] PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Caste KW - India N1 - 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 ER -