MN Srinivas：Collected Essays

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.