TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bayly, Susan
TI  - Caste, Society and Politics in India from the 18th Century to the Modern Age
SN  - 9780521798426
U1  - 305.51220954 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Castes -- India
KW  - Social classes -- India
KW  - India -- History -- 18th century
N1  - 	Introduction; 1. Historical origins of a 'caste society'; 2. The 'Brahman Raj': kings and service people, c. 1700-1830; 3. Western 'Orientalists and the Colonial perception of caste'; 4. Caste and the modern nation: incubus or essence; 5. The everyday experience of caste in Colonial India; 6. Caste debate and the emergence of Gandhian Nationalism; 7. State policy and 'reservations': the politicization of caste-based social welfare goals; 8. Caste in the everyday life of Independent India; 9. 'Caste wars' and the mandate of violence; Conclusion
ER  -