000 01422nam a2200169Ia 4500
020 _a8125041133
082 _a954.75
_bSIM
100 _aSimpson, Edward Ed.
245 _aIdea of Gujarat : history, ethnography and text
260 _aHyderabad
_bOrient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd.
_c2010
300 _ax,268p.
500 _aCONTENTS List of Maps and Figures vii Acknowledgements ixix Notes on the Contributors xi A Note on the Language and Text xiii Introduction 1 The Parable of the Jakhs EDWARD SIMPSON Gujarat in Maps 20 APARNA KAPADIA AND EDWARD SIMPSON 1. Caste in the Judicial Courts of Gujarat, 1800-60 32 AMRITA SHODHAN 2. Alexander Forbes and the Making of a Regional History 50 APARNA KAPADIA 3. Making Sense of the History of Kutch 66 EDWARD SIMPSON 4. The Lives of Bahuchara Mata 84 SAMIRA SHEIKH 5. Reflections on Caste in Gujarat 100 HARALD TAMBS-LYCHE 6. The Politics of Land in Post-colonial Gujarat 120 NlKITA SUD 7. From Gandhi to Modi: Ahmedabad, 1915-2007 136 HOWARD SPODEK 8. A Potted History of Neighbours and Neighbourliness in Ahmedabad 153 RUBINAjASANI 9. Voices from Sindh in Gujarat 168 RITA KOTHARI 10. Textiles and Dress among the Rabari of Kutch 184 EILUNED EDWARDS 1.1. The Swaminarayan Movement and Religious Subjectivity 207 HANNA H. KIM Glossary 229 References 236 Index 257
700 _aKapadia, Aparna Ed.
890 _aIndia
891 _aSP/IAPM
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