Caste in Bengal border
By: P.K. Bhowmick.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: R.N. Bhattacharya
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Kolkata
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Caste -- India -- Midnapore (District); Midnapore (India : District) -- Social conditions
Description: This Is A Study Of Caste Interactions In The Part Of Bengal Bordering Bihar And Orissa At Diferent Points In Time with special reference to Midnapore District in West Bengal, India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents:; title: 1. Caste and service in a Bengal village.; title: 2. Emerging problems of the scheduled castes in West Bengal.; title: 3. Minimising group distances.; title: 4. Caste and conflict in a Bengal village.; title: 5. Living conditions and social disabilities of the sweepers at Tamluk in Midnapur of West Bengal.; title: 6. Welfare measures and basic resistances to their implementation.; title: 7. Caste and changing occupation study of Belpahari market.; title: 8. Continuity and change in Bengal village.; title: 9. Occupational changes and caste structure in Bengal