Caste: A Comparative Study

Hocart, A.M.

Published by Methuen and Co. Ltd, London, 1950

About this Item

8vo, publisher blue cloth, spine titled in black. Condition: Good-. No dust jacket, ex-library. Cloth heavily sunned overall with strong fading to spine and board edges, splash and ring stains to boards, fraying at spine ends and corners, light spine lean, board tips rubbed. Old call label and label remnants to spine; barcode, pocket, and due slip to endpapers; Bedford College ink stamps including to title page; accession and class marks in pen to endpaper. Text block edges toned. Scattered underlining and marginal writing to some pages; many pages are unmarked. Corner creases to some pages. Binding is intact. ---. First edition, with First published in 1950 on the copyright page. Posthumous work by the British anthropologist Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883-1939). Hocart offers a comparative account of caste, linking Indian caste to ritual hierarchy, kingship, and craft groups, and drawing parallels from India, Polynesia, Egypt, Greece, and elsewhere. Provenance: Bedford College Library, with printed presentation label noting donation to the library and Withdrawn stamps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Caste: A Comparative Study
• Publisher: Methuen and Co. Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good-