Living Class in Urban India

by Sara Dickey

Book Overview

Honorable mention for the 2018 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize from the South Asia Council of the AAS

Many Americans still envision India as rigidly caste-bound, locked in traditions that inhibit social mobility. In reality, class mobility has long been an ideal, and today globalization is radically transforming how India's citizens perceive class. Living Class in Urban India examines a nation in flux, bombarded with media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813583918
• ISBN13: 9780813583914
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher