Caste, class, and community in India: An ethnographic approach

Ethnology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-241

  Natrajan, Balmurli ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Class community; India

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CASTE SYSTEM; CLASS; CRAFT PRODUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645299609     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3774057     Document Type: Article

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