The Indian Middle Class

by Aseem Prakash and Surinder S. Jodhka

Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings? The authors of this volume argue that the middle class has largely been understood as an income/ economic category, but the term has a broader social and conceptual history, globally as well as in India.

To begin with, the middle class is not a homogeneous category but is shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199466793
• ISBN13: 9780199466795
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.2"