Contested Capital

Contested Capital

Rural Middle Classes in India

Aslany, Maryam

Cambridge University Press

12/2020

322

Dura

Inglês

9781108836333

15 a 20 dias

610

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List of figures and maps; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Foreword Barbara Harriss-White; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The problem of the 'rural middle class(es)'; 1. Trajectory of the Indian middle class: its size and geographical variations; 2. In search of the rural middle classes: from village stratification to rural household variations; 3. Marx: capital, labour and the rural middle classes; 4. Weber: marketable capital, status and the rural middle classes; 5. Bourdieu: cultural capital, self-perception and the middle-class identity in rural India; Conclusion. Understanding the rural middle classes; Appendices; References; Index.