Caste And The Economic Frontier: A Village In Highland Orissa-used Dorment A Man Who Is Much

A Man Who Is Much More Than He Seems

Britain'S Precipitous And Illplanned Disengagement From India In 1947Condemned As A 'Shameful Flight' By Winston Churchillhad A Truly Catastrophic Effect On South Asia

Leighton Ford

Particularly At The End Of His Career

Perhaps The Most Important Book Written In The 21St Century

Caste And The Economic Frontier: A Village In Highland Orissa-used Dorment A Man Who Is MuchThis Book Is An Intensive Study Of A Smallscale Community, Bisipara, A Hindu Village In The Orissa Hills. The Author Seeks To Show How The Economic And Political Structure Of The Village Is Being Changed By Wider Economic And Political Developments Outside It. The Traditional Agricultural Economy Of Rural India Is Being Replaced By A New Joint Economy Of Agriculture And Commerce. The Village, Formerly More Or Less Selfcontained Economically And