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This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanjĝvūr district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 1951-3. Differing from the usual village study, Gough's work traces the history of the villages over the past century and examines the impact of colonialism on the district since 1770.Gough, Kathleen is the author of 'Rural Society in Southeast India', published 2007 under ISBN 9780521040198 and ISBN 0521040191.
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