Historical Sociology in India

<p>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. The volume:</p><p>• critically appraises reports of empirical surveys conducted during early colonial rule — including those by H. T. Colebrooke, Francis Buchanan, William Adam;</p><p>• 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</p><p>• 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.</p><p>Presenting an alternative idea of social reality, this book will deeply interest students and scholars of sociology, social theory, and social history.</p> <p><em>Preface.</em> <strong>Part I</strong> Historical Sociology <strong>1.</strong> Background and Emergence <strong>Part II</strong> History and The Tradition of Indian Sociology <strong>2.</strong> Early Colonial Period <strong>3.</strong> Post-1858 Era <strong>4.</strong> The Phase of ‘Pioneers’ <strong>5.</strong> Sociology after Independence Conclusion.<i> References. Bibliography. Index.</i></p>