South Asia
Books and Journals
received in Alderman 3 December 1998

[Khare - Cultural Diversity] [Varma - Middle Class] [Dharma Kumar - Colonialism] [India's search for identity] [Giri - Global Transformation] [Hasan - Quest for Power - U.P.] [Hira Singh - Princes, peasants] [Kothari - Communalism] [Kumar - Raj medicine] [Laloo in the dock] [E. Robinson - Greening] [R. Robinson - Goa Christianity]

Khare, R. S. Cultural diversity and social discontent : anthropological studies on contemporary India. 282 p. ; 23 cm. New Delhi ;London : Sage, 1998. ISBN: 0761992502 (cased)0761992782 (pbk) Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-275) and index.

Varma, Pavan K., 1953- , The great Indian middle class. xiv, 232 p. ; 24 cm. New Delhi ;New York, NY, USA : Viking, 1998. ISBN: 0670881546 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.

Dharma Kumar. Colonialism, property, and the state. viii, 385 p. ; 22 cm . Delhi :New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0195641728 Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between tradition and modernity : India's search for identity : a twentieth century anthology. 374 p. ; 22 cm. Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Publications, 1998. ISBN: 076199243X0761992448 (pbk)8170366984 (India)8170366992 (India pbk)

Giri, Ananta Kumar. Global transformations : postmodernity and beyond . 420 p. ; 22 cm. Jaipur : Rawat Publications, 1998. ISBN: 8170334276 Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hasan, Zoya. Quest for power : oppositional movements and post-Congress politics in Uttar Pradesh. vii, 280 p. ; 22 cm. Delhi ;New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0195641841 Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-272) and index.

Hira Singh. Colonial hegemony and popular resistance : princes, peasants, and paramount power. 274 p. : maps ; 23 cm. New Delhi: Sage, 1998.

Kothari, Rajni. Communalism in Indian politics. 224 p. ; 23 cm. Ahmedabad : Rainbow Publishers, 1998.

Kumar, Anil, 1951- . Medicine and the Raj : British medical policy in India, 1835-1911. 246 p. ; 23 cm. New Delhi, Sage, 1998.

Laloo in the dock CBI's chargesheet in the fodder scam case. 176 p. [Calcutta : Statesman, 1997.]

Robinson, Eva Cheung, 1950- . Greening at the grassroots : alternative forestry strategies in India. 144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. New Delhi ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998 ISBN: 0761992189 (US)0761992197 (US : pbk.)8170366720 (India : Hb)8170366739

Robinson, Rowena, 1967- . Conversion, continuity, and change : lived Christianity in southern Goa. 236 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. New Delhi: Sage publications, 1998. ISBN: 0761992294

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