Tradition And Economy In Village India

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Vol. XVII of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Development. First published in 1966, this is a reprint in 1998. This volume is a community study of a living village in an interesting and too little reported region of the great and complex land of India. It is also, most importantly, the study of a local variant of a traditional economies institution, called elsewhere the Jajmani system, better the traditional economy of clientage and patronage, uniting service castes in ritual and craft services to the landowners and cultivators of a corporate village. An 8vo hardback in mint condition, apart from a short line of ink to bottom edge.

30 GBP