Title: Rural society in southeast India
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.
Subjects: History, India, Rural Sociology, Rural conditions, Social classes, Sociology, Rural, Villages, India, social conditions, Caste, india