Institutions and Inequalities Essays in Honour of André Béteille |
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| Editor:
| Guha, Ramachandra
Parry, Jonathan P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-565081-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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This book brings together a set of original essays written in tribute to André Béteille. Béteille's work as an outstanding sociologist and social anthropologist has been marked by a distinctive combination of theoretical innovation and scrupulous scholarship. These essays, likewise, match theory with empirical data, engaging with, extending, and occasionally disputing the arguments of Béteille's work. Most of the essays relate to India, but two explore inequalities in China and Russia,...
More DescriptionThis book brings together a set of original essays written in tribute to André Béteille. Béteille's work as an outstanding sociologist and social anthropologist has been marked by a distinctive combination of theoretical innovation and scrupulous scholarship. These essays, likewise, match theory with empirical data, engaging with, extending, and occasionally disputing the arguments of Béteille's work. Most of the essays relate to India, but two explore inequalities in China and Russia, and in Japan and England respectively.