Scarcity and Opportunity in an Indian Village - Softcover

Freeman, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881331651 ISBN 13: 9780881331653

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 1985

Synopsis

This study reveals the complex and elaborate social and ritual life of the people of Kapileswar, an Indian temple village, and provides a sobering glimpse of the pervasive effects of poverty, natural calamities, and scarce resources in stifling modernization. It also contains an array of statistical data as well as lengthy statements by the villagers themselves about their own lifestyles. Freeman's approach to life in a contemporary Indian village is sensitive, yet admirably objective and precise. He has discovered just the right combination of scientific and humanistic approaches to appeal to a wide range of readers.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Consider these titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Heinz, Asian Cultural Traditions; Knipe, Hinduism: Experiments in the Sacred; Kolenda, Caste in Contemporary India: Beyond Organic Solidarity; Preston, Cult of the Goddess: Social and Religious Change in a Hindu Temple; Tyler, India: An Anthropological Perspective.

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0881331651
• ISBN 13: 9780881331653
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 177