ISBN:
0520200608
,
0520200616
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
DDC:
305.5/633/0954
Keywords:
Rāmānandīs
;
Vaishnavism Social aspects
;
Indien
;
Bauer
;
Mönchtum
;
Rāmānandīs
;
Geschichte 1900-1940
Abstract:
According to strict social science definitions, colonial India was a peasant society. By far the vast majority of the population of the subcontinent lived in villages, and well over half the working population was engaged directly in agriculture. These villages were not isolated communities: the urban population was small by comparison but substantial, and urban magnates maintained important social, economic, and political ties to the countryside to secure the steady stream of agricultural goods that sustained city life. The state was organized into territorial provinces that transcended lines of caste and clan and whose complex bureaucratic dimensions reflected the agrarian revenue potential.
Note:
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