Public faces, private voices : community and individuality in South India
Mines, Mattison
Public faces, private voices : community and individuality in South India - Berkeley University of California press 1994 - x,232p.
CONTENTS
List of Figures and Maps vii
Acknowledgements ix
1. Introduction: Individuality in South India 1
PART 1. Public Faces 29
2. The Nature of Civic Individuality 31
3. Institutions and Big-men of a Madras City Community: George Town Today 49
4. Making the Community: George Town in Social History 84
5. A Portrait of Change 108
6. The Decline of Community and the Roles of Big-men 115
PART 2. Private Voices 147
7. Themes of Individuality in Private and Public Lives: Personal Narratives 149
8. Locating Individuality within the Collective Context 187
9. Conclusions 199
Notes 209
Bibliography 221
Index 227
9780520084799
307.0954 / MIN
Public faces, private voices : community and individuality in South India - Berkeley University of California press 1994 - x,232p.
CONTENTS
List of Figures and Maps vii
Acknowledgements ix
1. Introduction: Individuality in South India 1
PART 1. Public Faces 29
2. The Nature of Civic Individuality 31
3. Institutions and Big-men of a Madras City Community: George Town Today 49
4. Making the Community: George Town in Social History 84
5. A Portrait of Change 108
6. The Decline of Community and the Roles of Big-men 115
PART 2. Private Voices 147
7. Themes of Individuality in Private and Public Lives: Personal Narratives 149
8. Locating Individuality within the Collective Context 187
9. Conclusions 199
Notes 209
Bibliography 221
Index 227
9780520084799
307.0954 / MIN