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Two villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India: an analysis of similarities and differences
American Anthropologist • 54 • Published In 1952 • Pages: 179-190
By: Opler, Morris Edward, Singh, Rudra Datt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, based on field work, describes the Indian villages of Ramapur and Madhopur. The economic, political and social structure of each village is briefly discussed. There is considerable information on the ranking and powers of the various castes in each village. A final section points out the similarities and differences between the villages in such matters as caste constitution, land area, population, land ownership patterns, degree of isolation and tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Castes
- Occupational specialization
- Real property
- Social control
- Status, role, and prestige
- Citizenship
- Settlement patterns
- Sacred objects and places
- Labor and leisure
- Priesthood
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Uttar Pradesh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Beverly Calsoyas; 1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- State of Uttar Pradesh, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Morris E. Opler and Rudra Datt Singh
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Uttar Pradesh (India)