Nadars of Tamilnad: The Political Culture of a Community in Change

by Robert L. Hardgrave Jr.

The Nadars have had a turbulent and colourful history. Their efforts to rise above their depressed condition assumed dramatic form in the series of escalating confrontations between the caste and its antagonists. From the breast-cloth controversy the sack of Sivakasi to the Nadar Mahajana Sangam, the Nadars rise, encapsulating the processes of social mobility in Indian sopciety.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8173047014
• ISBN13: 9788173047015
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.7"