Peasants and Monks in British India Photographic reportage Germany 170

Germany 170

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Peasants and Monks in British India Photographic reportage Germany 170In this compelling social history, William R. Pinch tackles one of the most important but most neglected fields of the colonial history of India: the relation between monasticism and caste. The highly original inquiry yields rich insights into the central structure and dynamics of Hindu society insights that are not only of scholarly but also of great political significance. Perhaps no two images are more associated with rural India than the peasant