Gaon: Conflict and Cohesion in an Indian Village (Princeton Legacy Library, 2085)

This study opposes the prevailing view that Indian villages have little social solidarity and points out the relationship between village solidarity and the potentially centrifugal factors of caste, conflict, and power.

Originally published in 1965.

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