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Author Shah, Alpa, 1976- author.

Title Ground down by growth : tribe, caste, class and inequality in twenty-first-century India / Alpa Shah, Jens Lerche, Richard Axelby, Dalel Benbabaali, Brendan Donegan, Jayaseelan Raj and Vikramaditya Thakur
Published London : Pluto Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations
Series Anthropology, Culture and Society
Anthropology, culture, and society.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Preface; Preface -- Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche; 1. Tribe, Caste and Class -- New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression -- Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche; 2. Macro-Economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India -- K.P. Kannan; 3. Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala -- Jayaseelan Raj; 4. Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu -- Brendan Donegan; 5. Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana -- Dalel Benbabaali; 6. Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh -- Richard Axelby
7. Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra -- Vikramaditya Thakur8. The Struggles Ahead -- Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche; Appendix: Tables and Figures; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index
Summary How do India's 'untouchables' and 'tribals' fit into the global economy?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2018)
Subject Caste -- India.
Equality -- India
Poor -- India
Poverty -- India
Wealth -- India
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Caste
Economic history
Equality
Poor
Poverty
Social conditions
Wealth
India -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
India -- Social conditions -- 21st century
India
Form Electronic book
Author Lerche, Jens, author
Axelby, Richard, author
Benbabaali, Dalel, author
Donegan, Brendan, author
Vikramaditya Thakur, author
Jayaseelan Raj, author
ISBN 9781786802040
178680204X