Elites in South Asia

by S. N. Mukherjee, Edmund Leach, S.N. Mukherjee, et al.

Book Overview

A study of elitism particularly concerned with Indian elites in the context of British influence and its aftermath. The problems delineated are by no means peculiar to the Indian subcontinent. Nearly all the developing countries of contemporary Asia, Africa and Latin America are entangled with their post-colonial heritage and the history of political elitism in all these countries has been similar. The papers consider who were members of the elites,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521107652
• ISBN13: 9780521107655
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"