Structure and Transformation: Theory and Society in India
"Structure and Transformation attempts to understand some of the key theoretical and empirical debates in the fields of urbanization, industrialization and stratification in India. The essays in this volume engage with the problem of typologies - tribal, peasant and industrial - in order to rethink the issues of modernity and tradition." "The authors problematize a vast array of literature on tribal, peasant and industrial sociology, grappling with conceptual problems related to the...
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Using key theoretical and empirical debates on the topic, this book explores urbanization, industrialization, and stratification in India. It engages readers with the problems of typologies—tribal, peasant, and industrial—to help us better understand the issues surrounding modernity and tradition in India.
List of ContributorsIntroductionStructure and Culture: The Debates1Framework in Change: Colonial Indian Society33On Understanding Caste and Class58Forest Dwellers and Tribals in India71Anomie, Alienation, and Involvement96Gender and Work in Industrial Society115Women and Migration131Interpretations of the City152Plantation Labour in South and South-East Asia183Religion and the Geddesian Theory of the City198Index213
