Book
From field to factory: community structure and industrialization in West Bengal
Institute for the Study of Human Issues • Philadelphia, Pa. • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Klass, Morton.
Abstract
This work is a study of the contemporary village of Gôndôgram (a pseudonymn) in West Bengal, India, during the early 1970s. The author explores and illustrates the complexities of community life in the village through the media of discussions on economic transactions, social relationships, and regligious beliefs and practices. In the course of his presentation, Klass examines certain previously held approaches to the nature of Indian village culture and suggests some new ones of his own. The principle objective of this work, however, '…is to shed some light on the mechanism, processes, and events of change -- as modern industry and the West Bengal rural community come into contact with each other' (p. 24). The author illustrates how such changes take place by his example of the establishment of the 'Das-Walters' bicycle factory just outside Gôndôgram and the multiple effects of its presence on the lives of the agriculturally oriented villagers.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field Date
- 1970-1975 [p.5]
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- 'Gôndôgram' [p.4] in the Asansol subdivision of District Burdwan, West Bengal, India
- Notes
- [by] Morton Klass
- Includes index. Bibliography: p. 256-259
- LCCN
- 78001552
- LCSH
- Bengalis