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Wisconsin Historical Society Press.(books on Wisconsin ethnic groups)(Brief article)(Book review)
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August 1, 2008
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press
816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
www.wisconsinhistory.org 608-264-6465
Nicknamed the 'Badger State', Wisconsin was settled by successive waves of 19th century immigrants, each of whom left an enduring impact upon Wisconsin history and culture. The Wisconsin Historical Society Press has published an impressive series of monographs showcasing the various ethnic settlers and their roles in the early development of Wisconsin. With informed and informative texts that are enhanced with black-and-white period ...
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Caste, class, and community in India: an ethnographic approach.
Magazine article from: Ethnology
; ...and material aspects of caste and class, this article...federation of potter castes or as simply a bloc of...help to understand how caste and class get constructed...3) that it explains caste in idealist ways as a...pollution, along which all castes in India can purportedly...
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Caste in question: identity or hierarchy?(Book review)
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; ...claims that the terms 'low caste' or 'middle caste' have little or no meaning (p. xiii). Most castes, even those traditionally...the assertion that each caste has its own identity yet still places castes in hierarchical relationships...
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Castes Conflict in India; Affirmative Action Ignites Protest, Suicides
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; ...and lower-middle castes. Enraged by the...upper- and lower-caste landlords with private...finish the forward castes," said Sahjanand Sharma, an upper-caste school principal...influenced at birth by caste, Hinduism's divinely...are thousands of castes and sub-castes...
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Caste, Class and Family Structure in West Bengal Villages.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Journal of Comparative Family Studies
; ...among nonagricultural castes regardless of their position in the caste hierarchy. In explaining...relationship between caste and family structure...hypothesis that landed castes are more likely to...family than landless castes in her survey of...association between caste status and ...
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Caste in Transition
Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today
; ...duties of four castes. Gurudeva, Satguru...The original caste system had these...s the brahmin caste. Every society has these four castes working within...colloquial form of caste known as the jati...within the four castes, and there are...
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Caste aside. (social relations in India) (Asia)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...being further divided by caste. Traditional Hindu society had four broad castes. They were, in descending...was split into hundreds of castes more narrowly defined, and each narrow caste into dozens of sub-castes. People married and mixed...
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CASTE CALCULUS
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...politicians to remember caste equations. Political...massive drive to attract castes to tilt the electoral...politics is known for its caste quotient, of late it...themselves with various castes and are desperate not to go beyond the caste factor in their electoral...
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Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
Magazine article from: Anthropological Quarterly
; ...structuring) of the "caste system" in India, Nicholas B. Dirks' Castes of Mind: Colonialism...comprehensive archeology of caste consciousness and...Hindutva politics. Castes of Mind provides...the anthropology of caste. But Castes of Mind also represents...
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Caste in stone.
Magazine article from: Harvard International Review
; ...against the lower castes continues unabated...policies have made caste identities more salient...against the lower castes continues unabated...policies have made caste identities more salient...stratification by caste. Though advances...representation of the lower castes, in many ...
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Caste as a Fact of Life in India; Economics bends the ancient system
Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today
; ...through the glasses of caste. In these cosmopolitan...the masses of different castes and religions which allows...beyond the barriers of caste. Economic interests...the outlook towards the caste system. It is the middle...with all sections and castes of the society, working...
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