Images of Maharashtra
Routledge (Verlag)
9781041004424 (ISBN)
First published in 1980, Images of Maharashtra presents the authors’ academic interests in defining the multifaceted personality of Maharashtra. All the papers were presented at the Annual Conferences of Maharashtra Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies. They range over history, politics, agriculture, sociology, and religion.
Milton Israel discusses M.R. Jayakar’s use of English language newspaper of Bombay for the Nationalist cause; Mary Katzenstein examines the government’s response to migration; B.G. Gokhale stresses on the importance of Urban commercial centres of Western Deccan in the 17th century; and Donald Innis’ paper is a tribute to creative efforts of the ‘peasant scientists’. Jayant Lele explores the class, caste and hegemony in rural Maharashtra and Jayshree Gokhale-Turner focuses on the importance of Maharashtra region as a structural unit of study. L.W. Preston presents a historical analysis of the subregional religious centres and N.K. Wagle examines the dilemma of early 19th century British administrators in coping with the problem of social rank. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of Asian studies.
N.K. Wagle is Professor Emeritus at the Department of History, University of Toronto, Canada.
1. M.R. Jayakar and the Bombay Nationalist Press: The Struggle for Identity within a Nationalist Movement 2. Governmental Response to Migration: Preferences for Local Residents in Bombay 3. Some Urban Commercial Centres of the Western Deccan in the XVII Century 4. Traditional Deshi Agriculture in Maharashtra 5. On Class, Caste and Hegemony: Classes in Rural Maharashtra 6. Region and Regionalism in the Study of Indian Politics: The Case of Maharashtra 7. Subregional Religious Centres in the History of Maharashtra: The Sites Sacred to Ganesh 8. A Dispute between the Pancal Devajna Sonars and the Brahmanas of Pune regarding Social Rank and Ritual Privileges: A Case-Study of the British Administration of Jati Laws in Maharashtra, 1822–1825
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.05.2025 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Revivals |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781041004424 / 9781041004424 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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