The Nadars of TamilnadUniversity of California Press |
Contents
Their Condition and Traditional Status | 12 |
Christianity and Change | 43 |
Mythology and Aspiration of a Changing Caste | 71 |
Sanskritization | 95 |
The Nadar Mahajana Sangam | 130 |
Politics and the Sangam | 173 |
Structural Change and Political Behavior | 202 |
Common terms and phrases
Aruppukottai Brahmin British caste ranking Census of India Christian Nadars Church climbers constituency Dakshina Mara Nadar differentiation Doraisami economic elections Forward Bloc Ganesan Government Press Gramani Harijans higher castes Hindu Hindu Nadars Ibid Interview jaggery Justice party Kamaraj Kamudi Kanyakumari Kosalram Kshatriya kuttam land leader London M. N. Srinivas Madras City Madras District Gazetteers Madras Mail mahimai Mara Nadar Sangam Maravars merchants Mudukulattur Muthuramalinga Muthusami Nadan Nadar caste Nadar Christians Nadar community Nadar conference Nadar Mahajana Sangam Nanguneri Nattatti non-Brahmin number of Nadars Palamcottah palmyra Pandyan Pate pettais position Raja of Ramnad Rajamani Rajendran Report rioting ritual Robert Caldwell Sargunar Sattampillai Self-Respect movement Shanars Shandrar Sivakasi social Soundrapandian South India southern districts status subcaste taluq Tamil Tamilnad Tangamani tappers Thevar Tinnevelly Tinnevelly District Tinnevelly Mission Tinnevelly Shanars tion Tiruchendur Tirunelveli toddy trade traditional Travancore trees Tuticorin unity uravinmurai V. V. Ramasami Vellalas village Virudhunagar vote