Muslim Communities of South Asia: Culture, Society, And Power (Contributions to Indian sociology. Occasional studies)

Previous ed. first published 1976 (New Delhi : Vikas Pub. House) with sub-title: culture and society, which ed. was a reprint of the 1972 ed. The present volume of 16 essays, drawn from the files of 'Contributions to Indian Sociology (1972-99)', is offered to interested readers in the hope that it will stimulate research and prove useful in the classroom. Contributed mainly by sociologists and social anthropologists, and also by historians, the volume is a noteworthy interdisciplinary effort. It also represents international collaboration in scholarship, with nine contributors from South Asia and seven others from England, France and the USA. This is the 3rd Enlarged Edition.