Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-Class Caste

by Haripriya Narasimhan and C.J. Fuller

Book Overview

A cruise along the streets of Chennai--or Silicon Valley--filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In the twenty-first century, Indians have acquired a new kind of global visibility, one of rapid economic advancement and, in the information technology industry, spectacular prowess. In this book, C. J. Fuller and Haripriya Narasimhan examine one particularly striking group who have taken part in this development:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022615274X
• ISBN13: 9780226152745
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"