In the club Associational life in colonial South Asia /
Cohen, Benjamin B.,author.
This work presents a comprehensive examination of social clubs across South Asia. Often a target of intellectual scorn or literary ridicule, the author reorients attention towards the complex inner workings of club life, while at the same time arguing for clubs as key contributors to South Asia's colonial associational life and civil society.
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Title page; Imprint; Contents; figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on the text ; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Club rules; CHAPTER TWO Around the club; CHAPTER THREE The business of clubbing; CHAPTER FOUR Servants and staff; CHAPTER FIVE Race, class, and the club; CHAPTER SIX Women and the club; CHAPTER SEVEN Postcolonial clubbing; Glossary ; Bibliography; INDEX
This work presents a comprehensive examination of social clubs across South Asia. Often a target of intellectual scorn or literary ridicule, the author reorients attention towards the complex inner workings of club life, while at the same time arguing for clubs as key contributors to South Asia's colonial associational life and civil society.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-206) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Manners and customs.
Clubs.
British colonies.
Clubs