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Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd, London, 1958
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii+230+[16 ad] pages with tables, plates, appendices and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. From the library of Professor George Foster. First edition. This microscopic study of a Community Development Project in Uttar, Pradesh, India, analyzes the complex human factors involved in the process of introducing modern ideas and technology in a tradition-bound society. Critical but optimistic, the author analyzes the response of village people to state-sponsored development activities, and attempts a penetrating review of the role of state officials as agents of change, of communication as a vital element in the successful implementation of the program, and of the traditional social and cultural factors that govern the ultimate acceptance or rejection of new ideas and techniques. Condition: Foster's stamp to title, his underlining throughout, corners bumped. Jacket with edge wear closed tears and small chips, spine ends chipped, spine soiled, hinges rubbed else about very good in like jacket.
Published by Hassell Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014537223ISBN 13: 9781014537225
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Indian Village 0.9. Book.
Published by Hassell Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014537223ISBN 13: 9781014537225
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Hassell Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014537223ISBN 13: 9781014537225
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Hassell Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014537223ISBN 13: 9781014537225
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Hassell Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014537223ISBN 13: 9781014537225
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul (1965), London, 1965
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, Denmark
5th impression. orig.cloth Minor rubbing. Slight spine slope. Good, dustwrapper. 4pp photoplates. 22x14cm, 248,(4)pp., In a rubbed dustwrapper. Sociological study of Shamirpet village, "a distance of about twenty-five miles from ., Hyderabad [Andhra Pradesh] ". Contents: The Setting; Social Structure; Ritual Structure; Web of Family Ties; Levels of Living; Living Together; The Changing Scene. Minor rubbing. Slight spine slope. Good, dustwrapper.