Revival: Caste (1950): A Comparative Study

ISBN-13: 9781138564923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 178 str.

Arthur Maurice Hocart

Opis

The aim of this book is to persuade the reader that the Indian caste system is not the isolated phenomenon it is often thought to be.

Spis treści

1.Forward 2.Preface 3.Abbreviations and Bibliography 4.Translitteration 5.India 6.Persia 7.Fiji 8.Tonga 9.Samoa 10.Rotuma 11. Rome 12.Greece 13.Egypt 14.Origins and Tendencies 15.Index

O autorze

Arthur Maurice Hocart (26 April 1883, Etterbeek – 9 March 1939, Cairo) was an anthropologist best known for his eccentric and often far-seeing works on Polynesia, Melanesia and Sri Lanka.