Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Kaikkoolars of Tamilnadu
- 3 The Kaikkoolars and the iDangkai (left-hand) and valangkai (right-hand) castes
- 4 Kaikkoolar beliefs and the order of their social world
- 5 The naaDu system
- 6 The caste association: the Senguntha Mahaajana Sangam
- 7 Caste, politics, and the handloom weavers' cooperative movement: 1935–1971
- 8 Interpreting the Kaikkoolars today: models of caste, weaving, and the state
- References
- Glossary
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Kaikkoolars of Tamilnadu
- 3 The Kaikkoolars and the iDangkai (left-hand) and valangkai (right-hand) castes
- 4 Kaikkoolar beliefs and the order of their social world
- 5 The naaDu system
- 6 The caste association: the Senguntha Mahaajana Sangam
- 7 Caste, politics, and the handloom weavers' cooperative movement: 1935–1971
- 8 Interpreting the Kaikkoolars today: models of caste, weaving, and the state
- References
- Glossary
- Index
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- The Warrior MerchantsTextiles, Trade and Territory in South India, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1985