Author: Khare, R.S.
Title: The Changing Brahmans : Associations and Elites among the Kanya-Kubjas of North India
Description: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (1970). orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. xxii, 251 pp, 22x14cm,. Minor rubbing. Slight spine bump. VG. ¶ Contents: The Problem & Its Formulation; The Kanya-Kubja Associations: History & Distribution; Sabhas & Educational Bodies; The Caste Journal; Tradition & Modernity: Status Stratification & the Kanya-Kunja Achiever: Traditional Hierarchy; Modern Occupational Heritage; Modern Class Standards & Styles; Tradition & Modernity of the Modern Kanya-Kubja Organization: The Sabha as an Interjacent Organization; Conclusion: Review & Reformulation; Appendices: Minutes of a Typical Sabha Executive Committee Meeting; Distributon & Main Languages of the Main Caste Journals;Frequency Distribution of Agnatic Ancestral Groups; Summaries of Class Indicators of Some Modern Elites.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Kanya-Kubja, Brahman Brahmans, Caste Sabha, Sociology Castes, Ethnography, Organisation, Affiliation Kinship, Elite Elites, Social Anthropology