Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

"Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7" by Edgar Thurston is a seven-volume encyclopedia published in 1909. This monumental work documents over 300 castes and tribes of South India, covering 40 million people across 150,000 square miles. Part of the British Ethnographic Survey of India, Thurston used anthropometric methods to record physical characteristics, customs, and traditions, though subjects often feared his measurements. The survey faced suspicions ranging from museum display fears to military recruitment concerns, limiting sample sizes and shaping this controversial colonial-era ethnographic record. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Thurston, Edgar, 1855-1935
Contributor Rangachari, K.
Title Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castes_and_Tribes_of_Southern_India
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Language English
LoC Class DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject Caste -- India, South
Subject Tribes -- India, South
Subject Ethnology -- India, South
Subject India, South -- Social life and customs
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EBook-No. 42997
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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