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Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste

Book by Brian K. Smith; Oxford University Press, 1994

Subjects:

Caste--India--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Publications, 1954. Rice S. "The Origin of Caste." Asiatic Review 25 1929 : 147...1980 : 177-87. Rocher Ludo. "Caste and Occupation in Classical India...Le Ceremonial dexclusion de la caste dans lInde ancienne ." In K. A...
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Yucatan's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War

Book by Terry Rugeley; University of Texas Press, 1996

Subjects:

Mayas--Wars, Mayas--Yucataan Peninsula--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...as conspirators at the beginning of the Caste War. Chief among these was Manuel Antonio...natural death during the early years of the Caste War. 42 By the beginning of the Iman revolt...Constante and Alejandro Villamil, when the Caste War began. The events of the war were...
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Caste, Class, & Race: A Study in Social Dynamics

Book by Oliver Cromwell Cox; Doubleday, 1948

Subjects:

Caste, Race Relations, Social Classes

Collections: Entire Library

...456 -57 Pure-blood theories of caste origin, 86 - 93 Purusha, 41 , 62 , 85...Gruener, J. R., 489 Question of Caste, The . See Sumner, C. Quintessence...Superstition . See Barzun Race and caste, 84 , 88 , 117 , 423 -53, 466...
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Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Book by David N. Gellner, Declan N. Quigley; Oxford University, 1995

Subjects:

Caste--Nepal, Hinduism--Nepal, Newar (Nepalese People)--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...their interactions with other castes would seem to warrant; unlike...descended from monks of lower caste origin also. In bloc II, some Sre...but they all intermarry. Castes of blocs III and IV are generally...raise individuals from one caste to another, and readmit to...
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Caste and Kinship in Central India: A Village and Its Region

Book by Adrian C. Mayer; University of California Press, 1960

Subjects:

Caste--India

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The fact that the vegetarian castes have a different outlook on...village matters, but in the caste hierarchy, divisions 2 and...created. A myth of common caste origin is negated by a polluting occupation...differences in diet. Here the castes are separate,

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Journal Articles on: caste origin

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An Ancient Sudra Account of the Origin of Castes

Journal article by Hyla S. Converse, Arvind Sharma; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 114, 1994

Subjects:

Caste--India, India--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ancient Sudra account of the origin of castes. by Hyla S. Converse...sudra account of the origin of castes differs entirely from brahmanical...servants of the upper three castes. There is no suggestion of...aware in which the origin of castes is traced to a historical event...to establish the point that caste-distinctions per se are invalid...
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Caste, Class, and Community in India: An Ethnographic Approach

Journal article by Balmurli Natrajan; Ethnology, Vol. 44, 2005

Subjects:

Caste, Ethnology, Social class, Social classes

Collections: Entire Library

...London. Jaiswal, S. 2000. Caste: Origin, Function, and Dimensions...and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South...Meillassoux, C. 1973. Are There Castes in India? Economy and Society...Mencher, J. P. 1974. The Caste System Upside Down, or The...
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The Ethnicity of Caste

Journal article by Deepa S. Reddy; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 78, 2005

Subjects:

Activism, Caste, Ethnicity, Globalization, India, Race

Collections: Entire Library

...but he, too, locates the origins of ethnicity in these (2002...introduction to the volume Caste Today, C.J. Fuller observes...develop into ethnic and then caste groups "is now proceeding...in contemporary India": "castes are...being historically...Bayly, the ethnic character of caste lies in its becoming an "urgent...
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The Disintegration of Caste and Changing Concepts of Indian Ethnic Identity in Mauritius

Journal article by Oddvar Hollup; Ethnology, Vol. 33, 1994

Subjects:

Caste--Political aspects, Indians in foreign countries--Social aspects, Mauritius--Social aspects

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...includes people of British origins and some Coloureds...IMMIGRATION UNDER INDENTURE Caste restrictions related...bhai) of different castes which often became a...heterogeneous in terms of caste, religion, linguistic...affiliation, and regional origin. The majority were...were not all of low caste. More than half of...shepherd, and artisan castes, referred to as clean...
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Ending Caste Discrimination in India: Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect (R2p) Individuals and Groups from Discrimination at the Domestic and International Levels

Journal article by Jeremy Sarkin, Mark Koenig; The George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 41, 2010

Subjects:

Caste, Discrimination, Human rights, India, Social impact

Collections: Entire Library

...not seemingly accepted that caste discrimination is an issue of race, color, or national origin. 184 It is also doubtable that caste would fall into the definition...as members of different castes share language, culture, and geographical origins. In fact, these commonalities created the caste system. Therefore, by process...

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Magazine Articles on: caste origin

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The Working Caste

Magazine article by Leah Platt; The American Prospect, Vol. 12, May 7, 2001

Subjects:

Alien labor--International aspects, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions--Research, Palestinian Arabs--Employment

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The Working Caste. by LEAH PLATT For many countries, foreign workers seem to make economic...citizens. Children whose parents, or even grandparents, were of foreign origin inherited their familys "foreignness." By the early 1990s, 100,000...
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Conflict and Community in Sri Lanka: William Clarance Explores the Origins and Complexities of the Sri Lankan Civil War

Magazine article by William Clarance; History Today, Vol. 52, July 2002

Subjects:

Civil war--Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers (Sri Lanka)--Political activity, Sinhalese--Political activity, Sri Lanka--History, Tamils--Political activity

Collections: History, Entire Library

...William Clarance explores the origins and complexities of the Sri...political divisions related to caste and class rather than the largely...opponent who suffered from caste rivalry within his own community...political life on healthily from caste, communal and class allegiances...plantation workers of Indian origin of their citizenship and voting...
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The Origins of Globalization: a Canadian Perspective

Magazine article by Karl Moore, David Lewis; Ivey Business Journal Online, May/Jun 2009

Subjects:

Ancient civilizations, Canada, Economic history, Global economy, Globalization, Historical analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Origins of Globalization: a Canadian Perspective...article is based on their new book, The Origins of Globalization (Routledge, 2009...today. These authors, whose book on the origins of globalization has just been published...
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Politics in India

Magazine article by As Raman; Contemporary Review, Vol. 276, March 2000

Subjects:

Bharatiya Janata Party (India)--History, Caste--India, Culture conflict--India, Ethnicity--Political aspects, India--Politics and government

Collections: Entire Library

...in power, communalism vs secularism, caste-based divisive one-upmanship, etc...Ministerial candidate in view of her foreign origin, she weakened her own support base where...getting the feel of it -- where these are caste-based and not issue-based, and the...
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Canning and the Baron De Agra

Magazine article by Martin Murphy; History Today, Vol. 43, May 1993

Subjects:

Gutierrez, Luis--Political activity, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1814--Personalities, Spain--History, United Kingdom--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...another, it concluded, remembering that we are all children of one family, and that each one of us, whatever his caste, colour or origin, should contribute all that lies in his power towards the tranquillity, happiness and prosperity of our nation...

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Newspaper Articles on: caste origin

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THE ROVERS RETURN; on December 9, 1960, a Gritty New ITV Drama Called Coronation Street First Aired. 7,412 Episodes and One Golden Anniversary Later, Its Origins Have Been Recreated (and Do Not Adjust Your Bakelite Set - It IS on the BBC...)

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 29, 2010

Subjects:

Coronation Street (Television program), Granada Television Ltd., Television broadcasting industry, Television programs

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Aired. 7,412 Episodes and One Golden Anniversary Later, Its Origins Have Been Recreated (and Do Not Adjust Your Bakelite Set...hailed from north of Watford Gap and south of their own social caste, says Sean Egan, author of Fifty Years Of Coronation Street...
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THE ROVERS RETURN; the Critics Said It Would Be a F Lop When on December 9, 1960, a Gritty New Drama Called Coronation Street First Aired. 7,412 Episodes and One Golden Anniversary Later, Its Origins Have Been Recreated in a Fascinating New Drama

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 5, 2010

Subjects:

Coronation Street (Television program), Granada Television Ltd., Television broadcasting industry, Television programs

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Aired. 7,412 Episodes and One Golden Anniversary Later, Its Origins Have Been Recreated in a Fascinating New Drama. Byline: by...hailed from the north of England but south of their own social caste, says Sean Egan, author of Fifty Years Of Coronation Street...
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THERE WAS NO HIDING PLACE FOR A CHILD OF 'SIN'; in the 50s, Being an Unwed Mother Was a Scandal That Saw Women Placed in Homes and Babies Taken Away. Maureen Paton, Whose Mother Fell Pregnant to an Irishman in 1950, Recalls How She Fought to Keep Her

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 12, 2009

Subjects:

Scandals--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...her foster name and revert to the one she had been born with (for tax purposes), there was no hiding Blanches low-caste origin as a child of sin. Although Blanche loved dancing and parties, she was a late developer when it came to men. Eventually...
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THERE WAS NO HIDING PLACE FOR A CHILD OF 'SIN'; in the 50s, Being an Unmarried Mother Was a Scandal That Saw Women Institutionalised and Babies Given Away. Here, Maureen Paton, Who Was Born Illegitimately in 1951, Recalls How Her Mother Fought to Keep Her

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 13, 2009

Subjects:

Scandals

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and revert to the one she had been born with (for national insurance purposes), there was no hiding Blanches low-caste origin as an illegitimate child of sin. Although Blanche loved dancing and parties, she was a late developer when it came...
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Call for Probe into Blocked Membership; INDIAN CENTRE: City Council Urged to Step In

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), March 23, 2009

Subjects:

City councils

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...membership because they are not of Indian origin, are of a different religion, or are considered a different caste to those in charge. The centre is an...accepts members if they are of Indian origin. CONCERNS... Protestors, from left...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: caste origin

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Caste

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and varna are different in origin as well as function. The various castes in any given region of India...hierarchically organized, with each caste corresponding roughly to one...categories. Traditionally, caste mobility has taken the form...down the varna scale. Indian castes are rigidly differentiated...
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Magi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MAGI ma ji, priestly caste of ancient Persia. Probably Median in origin, they were, according to Herodotus, a tribe rather than a priestly family. Zoroaster is thought to have been a Magus. Study...
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Etruscan Civilization

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...called themselves Rasenna. Origins There are three theories that seek to explain the obscure origin of the Etruscans. Their language...Regardless of the obscurity of their origins, it is clear that a distinctive...Etruscan birth formed an exclusive caste. Women had an unusually high...fine pottery, had some of its origins in Greek and Eastern arts and...
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Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Japan. Buddhism has largely disappeared from its country of origin, India, except for the presence there of many refugees from...region of China and a small number of converts from the lower castes of Hinduism. Basic Beliefs and Practices The basic doctrines...both the efficacy of Vedic ritual and the validity of the caste system, and which spread its teachings using vernacular languages...
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Guilds

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...medieval guilds is debatable. Some scholars have found the origin of guilds in the old tribal or religious guilds of the Germans...The history of the Indian guilds was closely tied in with the caste system. The guilds in Japan were opposed and weakened by the...

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