Overview

This book is a comprehensive study of historical sociology and its development, especially in the Indian context. It looks at the works of Indian sociologists and analyses their approaches in terms of book-view (normative) and field-view (descriptive) history.

Content Highlights

The volume: critically appraises reports of empirical surveys conducted during early colonial rule – including those by H. T. Colebrooke, Francis Buchanan, William Adam; engages with the works of sociologists such as M. N. Srinivas, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, Louis Dumont, Nicholas Dirks, Bernard Cohn, Yogendra Singh, D. N. Dhanagare, A. M Shah, T. K. Oommen, among others; and shows how historical perspective has been adopted in understanding aspects of Indian society – villages, castes, traditions, socio-cultural change, education, peasants and their movements, etc.

Target Audience

Presenting an alternative idea of social reality, this book will deeply interest students and scholars of sociology, social theory, and social history.