Rural society in southeast India
By: Kathleen Gough.
Series: Cambridge studies in social anthropology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Cambridge ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Social classes -- India.; Sociology, Rural.; Villages -- India -- History.; India -- Rural conditions.
Description: A study of caste and class of the villages of Kumbapettai and Kirippur in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu State in India, based on fieldwork by the author in 1951-1953. The impact of colonialism on the district since 1770 is also examined.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 441-446. Includes index.

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