The Middle Class in Colonial Malabar: A Social History

ISBN-13: 9781032116358 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 208 str.

Sreejith K

Opis

Members of the middle class in colonial Malabar left behind a copious amount of writings which can be found in magazines, autobiographies and diaries. This book explores the social history of the middle class in the region during the British period on the basis of these writings in combination with archival sources.

Spis treści

1. The World of the Middle Class 2. Domesticity: In Theory and Practice3. Changing Forms of Leisure 4. Caste and the Middle Class 5. Negotiating Tradition and Modernity