Behind Mud Walls 1930-1960 [Jun 01, 1994] Wiser, William; Wiser, Charolotte Viall and WISER, WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE WISER - Hardcover

William Wiser; Charolotte Viall Wiser

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8121506093 ISBN 13: 9788121506090

Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1994

Synopsis

WITH A NEW CHAPTER BY SUSAN S. WADLEY, "THE VILLAGE IN 1984."

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About the Author

William and Charlotte Wiser set up Indian Village Service, a community oriented village development organization that became one of the key models used by the Indian government for its Block Development Programs. Susan S. Wadley is Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University. She is the author of Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984 (California 1994). David G. Mandelbaum is author of Society in India (California, 1990).

Review

An important first-hand study of two phenomena which are characteristic of modern India -- namely the impact upon village life of the new ways which have come with independence; and the social and personal organization which tend to afflict the young amidst the rapid growth of urbanization. (Times Literary Supplement

Edition details

• Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8121506093
• ISBN 13: 9788121506090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 359