Title: Dr. Ambedkar and untouchability :
Authors: Jaffrelot, Christophe
Date: 2005
Publisher: C. Hurst & Co.,
Physical description: xiii, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: D
Contents: Introduction : The first Dalit leader of India -- 1. Maharashtra between social reform and anti-Brahmin mobilisation -- 2. Ambedkar : son of a Mahar soldier -- 3. Analysing and ethnicising caste to eradicate it more effectively -- 4. In the political arena, against Gandhi -- 5. Searching for an electoral strategy -- 6. Opposition or collaboration? : Ambedkar's pragmatism and resilience -- 7. Shaping the Indian constitution -- 8. 'solution' of conversion -- 9. impact and revelance of Ambedkar today.
Subject headings (LCSH): Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956; Ambedkar, B. R., 1891-1956.; Dalits--India.; Dalits--Political activity; Dalits--Social conditions--20th century.; India--Politics and government--1947-; India--Politics and government--20th century.; Statesmen--India--Biography.