Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Maps and Tables VII
4. Preface IX
5. Acknowledgments XI
6. Transliteration and Other Conventions XIII
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. To Fix the People to Their Respective Villages 14
9. 2. Using the Past to Create the Future 67
10. 3. The Rise and Consolidation of the Chingleput Mirasidars 115
11. 4. From Slaves to the Original Dravidians 153
12. Conclusion 191
13. Abbreviations 205
14. Notes 207
15. Bibliography 247
16. Index 257