• ISBN13: 9780195669282
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: June 8, 2004
• Pages: 756
• Original Price: INR 1850.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 740 grams

This is the definitive collection of essays by renowned Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas. Methodologically rigorous and elegantly written, Srinivas' work spans spans a wide range of topics, from important fieldwork to new research methods to seminal advances in theory. The book collects all of his major papers and includes work that had gone out of print or which had never before been published. The book is an important reference for sociologists, anthropologists, and anyone studying the diverse social changes in modern India.

M. N. Srinivas was J. R. D. Tata Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London.