Mines, Mattison

Public faces, private voices: community and individuality in South India/ Mattison Mines - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. - x, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

1. Introduction: Individuality in South India --

pt. 1. Public Faces--
2. The Nature of Civic Individuality--
3. Institutions and Big-men of a Madras City Community: George Town Today--
4. Making the Community: George Town in Social History--
5. A Portrait of Change--
6. The Decline of Community and the Roles of Big-men--

pt. 2. Private Voices--
7. Themes of Individuality in Private and Public Lives: Personal Narratives--
8. Locating Individuality within the Collective Context--
9. Conclusions.

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