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Western India in the nineteenth century : a study in the social history of Maharashtra /

Hinduism flourished in the districts around Poona in Bombay to a far greater extent than in the rest of India, hence the problems facing the British administrators of Maharashtra were quite different from those confronting them in other parts of India. The solutions they proposed and the policies wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kumar, Ravinder, 1933-2001
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, [2004, 1968]
Colección:Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
South Asia ; III.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Hinduism flourished in the districts around Poona in Bombay to a far greater extent than in the rest of India, hence the problems facing the British administrators of Maharashtra were quite different from those confronting them in other parts of India. The solutions they proposed and the policies which emerged determined the social changes which took place in the Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. <BR> This book analyses these changes by focussing on the rise of new social groups and the dissemination of new values and shows how these social groups and values interacted with the traditiona.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-339) and index.
ISBN:9781136545573
1136545573
9781315017839
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