The decline of Nair dominance: society and politics in Travancore 1847-1908
Jeffrey, Robin
₹ 595.00
This book tells the story of how a longstanding matrilineal society, in;which women provided the reference point for the control of property, began;to crumble in the late nineteenth century, eaten away by the demands of a;modernized state and ridiculed by foreign missionaries and Hindu critics;from elsewhere.
ISBN 13: 9789350980347
ISBN 10: 9350980347
Year: 2022
Language: ENGLISH
Pages etc.: Reprint of 1976: xxvii+393p., (2)maps, (10)tables, (2)figs.,abb., app., gloss., bibl., ind., 23cm
Binding: Paperback
Subject(s): History
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