{"product_id":"the-untouchables-subordination-poverty-and-the-state-in-modern-india-paperback-9780521556712","title":"The Untouchables; Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India (Paperback) 9780521556712","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Untouchables\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSubordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the background and position of the Untouchables in India.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOliver Mendelsohn (Author), Marika Vicziany (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521556712, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 April 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.461 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Clearly written and lucidly argued, this book is an important study of a very sensitive subject.' Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and their position in India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition on the part of the state, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists on the basis of a tradition of ritual subordination. Even now, therefore, it still makes sense to categorise these people as 'Untouchables'. The book promises to make a major contribution to the social and economic debates on poverty, while its wide-ranging perspectives will ensure an interdisciplinary readership from historians of South Asia, to students of politics, economics, religion and sociology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e 1. Who are the Untouchables?\u003cbr\u003e 2. The question of the 'Harijan atrocity'\u003cbr\u003e 3. Religion, politics and the Untouchables from the nineteenth century to 1956\u003cbr\u003e 4. Public policy I: adverse discrimination and compensatory discrimination\u003cbr\u003e 5.  Public policy II: the anti-poverty programs\u003cbr\u003e 6. The new Untouchable proletariat: a case study of the Faridabad stone quarries\u003cbr\u003e 7. Untouchable politics and Untouchable politicians since 1956\u003cbr\u003e 8. The question of reservation: lives and careers of some scheduled castes MPs and MLAs\u003cbr\u003e 9. Subordination, poverty and the state in modern India\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913173950744,"sku":"9780521556712","price":31.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521556712i_c6d0dc79-747b-497c-a72b-d27ecd7afb17.jpg?v=1691369629","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-untouchables-subordination-poverty-and-the-state-in-modern-india-paperback-9780521556712","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}