TY - BOOK AU - Dube,S.C. TI - Indian village T2 - The International Library of Sociology SN - 978081534373 U1 - 307.7620954 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Villages-India KW - Rural conditions KW - Rural development KW - Rural sociology KW - Community development N1 - Includes index N2 - Indian Village is widely considered a "classic." Since its publication, over six decades ago, the book has received immense acclaim, attaining extraordinary success, especially as the first book on a single village in post—Second World War South Asia. Indeed, the work represents a key statement of the wider shift from tribe to village in Indian anthropology, part of the movement away from studies of "isolated" groups toward writings on con-temporary communities in the sociology of the subcontinent. Written in an accessible, intimate manner, Indian Village needs to be understood today as a flagship endeavour of the social sciences in a young, independent India—a study that continues to be generously cited, including as a model monograph, in the disciplines at large ER -