Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

by Susan S. Wadley

Book Overview

Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur--the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser--as a graduate student in 1967. She returned often, adding her observations and experiences to the Wisers' field notes from the 1920s and 1930s. In this long-awaited book, Wadley gives us a work of unprecedented scope: a portrait of an Indian village as it has changed over a sixty-year period.

She hears of changes in agriculture, labor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520084071
• ISBN13: 9780520084070
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Introducing rural India

Dr. Wadley did justice to this book that was started back in 1925. This is continuation of the original research and fieldwork done by the Wisers. If you are researching India, rural India, Indian colonial and post-colonial history, North India,economically developing nations on an anthropological scale, this book is a good start. It is an inviting introduction to the above areas mentioned and more. I do have one word of caution for anyone who is not familiar with India or Hindi, you will encounter some unfamiliar Hindi words in the chapters written by Charlotte Wiser. Some are explained, some like sahib (boss), are not. I think this takes away from the contextual meaning some, but can be an inviting suggestion to learn a new language (as I am doing) as well.