Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Transliteration ix
5. Introduction 1
6. ONE / The Village: Caste, Land, and Emigration to the City 29
7. TWO / Education and Employment in the Colonial Period 61
8. THREE / Education and Employment after Independence 89
9. FOUR / The Changing Position of Women 123
10. FIVE / Urban Ways of Life 153
11. SIX / Religion, Music, and Dance 183
12. SEVEN / Tamil Brahmans as a Middle-Class Caste 211
13. APPENDIX / Tamil Brahman Demographics 231
14. Glossary 243
15. Notes 245
16. Bibliography 259
17. Index 273