-This volume... is an outstanding contribution to contemporary research on Indian society and culture... [T]he papers are impressive for their precise formulation of problem, rigorous analysis of data, and imaginative, stimulating insights into the nature of both change and persistence in Indian social structure. The reader comes away from this volume eager to read more, or better yet to design his own research project following the leads suggested here... [T]here are no -weak- papers in this volume. Each contributor has added significantly to a growing body of information and theory which is bound to advance our understanding of Indian society in particular and human society in general.-
--Edward J. Jay, Journal of the American Oriental Society
-[A] comprehensive and excellent presentation of anthropological research in progress... Twenty papers of very high quality make up the volume. They reflect the maturity and capability of South Asian anthropologists in the United States and help to explain why studies of Indian society have been so instrumental in shaping Indian studies in this country and abroad.-
--Burton Stein, Philosophy East and West
-[T]his is an excellent collection of articles which most India specialists will want to own.-
--Alan R. Beals, American Anthropologist
-This book, a collection of papers presented at a conference in 1965, indicates some of the present strengths and emphases of anthropological studies on India in the United States... For the Indianist, this book will be a necessity; but others will also find it a good book from which to form an idea of some of the problems which at present concern Indianists, and of the methods and concepts which they are using in their studies.-
--Adrian C. Mayer, Man
-Bernard S. Cohn opens the volume by considering in his article, -Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture,- some of the stereotypes through which observers of Indian society have tried to understand it. He looks briefly at early travelers and then outlines the view-point of orientalists, missionaries, and administrators... Cohn's article sets the pattern for this review. A collection of essays of this kind is interesting not only because of what it tells us about India, but also because we can see how those who are studying India define the task.-
--F. G. Bailey, Pacific Affairs
-This book presents a series of papers originally given at a conference held at the University of Chicago in June 1965. It is an eminent addition to a distinguished line of essay collections... Although the occasional geographer, jurist, or linguist is heard, this is essentially a gathering (with a few notable foreign exceptions) of America's dominant caste of social anthropologists writing on South Asia. As such, the book makes evident the high quality of analysis being brought to bear on South Asian--especially Indian--social systems.-
--Lionel Caplan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
"This volume... is an outstanding contribution to contemporary research on Indian society and culture... [T]he papers are impressive for their precise formulation of problem, rigorous analysis of data, and imaginative, stimulating insights into the nature of both change and persistence in Indian social structure. The reader comes away from this volume eager to read more, or better yet to design his own research project following the leads suggested here... [T]here are no "weak" papers in this volume. Each contributor has added significantly to a growing body of information and theory which is bound to advance our understanding of Indian society in particular and human society in general."
--Edward J. Jay, Journal of the American Oriental Society
"[A] comprehensive and excellent presentation of anthropological research in progress... Twenty papers of very high quality make up the volume. They reflect the maturity and capability of South Asian anthropologists in the United States and help to explain why studies of Indian society have been so instrumental in shaping Indian studies in this country and abroad."
--Burton Stein, Philosophy East and West
"[T]his is an excellent collection of articles which most India specialists will want to own."
--Alan R. Beals, American Anthropologist
"This book, a collection of papers presented at a conference in 1965, indicates some of the present strengths and emphases of anthropological studies on India in the United States... For the Indianist, this book will be a necessity; but others will also find it a good book from which to form an idea of some of the problems which at present concern Indianists, and of the methods and concepts which they are using in their studies."
--Adrian C. Mayer, Man
"Bernard S. Cohn opens the volume by considering in his article, "Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture," some of the stereotypes through which observers of Indian society have tried to understand it. He looks briefly at early travelers and then outlines the view-point of orientalists, missionaries, and administrators... Cohn's article sets the pattern for this review. A collection of essays of this kind is interesting not only because of what it tells us about India, but also because we can see how those who are studying India define the task."
--F. G. Bailey, Pacific Affairs
"This book presents a series of papers originally given at a conference held at the University of Chicago in June 1965. It is an eminent addition to a distinguished line of essay collections... Although the occasional geographer, jurist, or linguist is heard, this is essentially a gathering (with a few notable foreign exceptions) of America's dominant caste of social anthropologists writing on South Asia. As such, the book makes evident the high quality of analysis being brought to bear on South Asian--especially Indian--social systems."
--Lionel Caplan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
"This volume... is an outstanding contribution to contemporary research on Indian society and culture... [T]he papers are impressive for their precise formulation of problem, rigorous analysis of data, and imaginative, stimulating insights into the nature of both change and persistence in Indian social structure. The reader comes away from this volume eager to read more, or better yet to design his own research project following the leads suggested here... [T]here are no "weak" papers in this volume. Each contributor has added significantly to a growing body of information and theory which is bound to advance our understanding of Indian society in particular and human society in general."
--Edward J. Jay, Journal of the American Oriental Society
"[A] comprehensive and excellent presentation of anthropological research in progress... Twenty papers of very high quality make up the volume. They reflect the maturity and capability of South Asian anthropologists in the United States and help to explain why studies of Indian society have been so instrumental in shaping Indian studies in this country and abroad."
--Burton Stein, Philosophy East and West
"[T]his is an excellent collection of articles which most India specialists will want to own."
--Alan R. Beals, American Anthropologist
"This book, a collection of papers presented at a conference in 1965, indicates some of the present strengths and emphases of anthropological studies on India in the United States... For the Indianist, this book will be a necessity; but others will also find it a good book from which to form an idea of some of the problems which at present concern Indianists, and of the methods and concepts which they are using in their studies."
--Adrian C. Mayer, Man
"Bernard S. Cohn opens the volume by considering in his article, "Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture," some of the stereotypes through which observers of Indian society have tried to understand it. He looks briefly at early travelers and then outlines the view-point of orientalists, missionaries, and administrators... Cohn's article sets the pattern for this review. A collection of essays of this kind is interesting not only because of what it tells us about India, but also because we can see how those who are studying India define the task."
--F. G. Bailey, Pacific Affairs
"This book presents a series of papers originally given at a conference held at the University of Chicago in June 1965. It is an eminent addition to a distinguished line of essay collections... Although the occasional geographer, jurist, or linguist is heard, this is essentially a gathering (with a few notable foreign exceptions) of America's dominant caste of social anthropologists writing on South Asia. As such, the book makes evident the high quality of analysis being brought to bear on South Asian--especially Indian--social systems."
--Lionel Caplan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
