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The book gives a fascinating account of how the Anglo-Indians of Hyderabad maintain their ethnic identity through the use of proper names and slang. The data on slang and names has been elicited through a combination of interview, survey and ethnographic methods.The relationship between ethnicity and language has been by explored by comparing the usage of slang across three age groups, and also by comparing the usage of proper names across thr...

Facets of Public Health in Early Twentieth-Century Bombay focuses on some aspects of public health in the first three decades of the twentieth-century in Bombay Presidency. We begin with a review of the Western and Ayurvedic medicines, infant foods, tonics, and toiletries, advertised in contemporary English language newspapers, to evaluate how far the copy reflected contemporary social perceptions and notions of health. An attempt is made to u...

Exploring the links between medicine and migration, Health, Medicine and Migration: The Formation of Indentured Labour, c.1834-1920 examines the ways in which medical knowledge, practice, and policies circulated between colonial India, thesource of indentured labourers, and the colonies to which they were transported as coolies. It argues that Western science, which itself was a product of modernity and the Enlightenment, acted as an instrumen...

This collection of essays, presenting various dimensions of research in social statistics, includes articles that are important from a historical as well as modern perspective. Beginning with a discussion on the changing role of statistics in social sciences and the importance of a methodological approach, the articles in this volume include a paper evaluating the theories prescribed in Kautilya's Arthashastra from a contemporary perspective. ...

In this volume, whose first edition won wide scholarly acclaim in India, nine distinguished Indian historians re-examine what is perhaps the central problem throughout India's history. In a general introduction, Frykenberg points out some of the broader aspects of the relations between land control and social structure. This is followed by a theoretical examination of the meaning of the concept of 'land' in an Indian milieu. Also included are ...

In this collection of essays, the late Professor Mohammad Ishaq Khan (1946-2013) caps a lifetime of research into the history of Kashmir, especially of its cultural heritage. These essays are a broad selection from years of scholarship and give a clear view of Professor Khan's contribution to the field. Their main theme is Kashmiriyat, the essence of Kashmiri culture that can be traced through history. Professor Khan forcefully argues that Kas...

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This book binds together essays that, in spite of adopting diverse methodologies and different perspectives, study Bihar's development, cultural changes, violence, governance, etc., over a long durée and across a vast region with blurred or even absent boundaries. These keywords are reflective of the realities 'in', rather than 'of', this state as in many other regions across the world. The state's profile on these parameters has undergone cha...

The second volume of Kolkata in Space, Time and Imagination continues with the theme of the ordinary and the everyday, with special attention paid to the underclasses of the city, focusing on certain labouring sectors (including feminized ones) that have always been marginalized in the city's history and yet do assert their 'right to the city' even in this age of neoliberal economics that seems to be rapidly turning the city into a utopia for ...

The Eternal Dastur Craft is a study of the Rajlok, Khojas of the state and the political and religious dignitaries and protocol applied to them in the court of the Jaipur State from early eighteenth to late nineteenth century. While appearing in court, the protocol laid out for different social groups depended on the status of the individuals and their castes. Interestingly, in this limited sphere also, the state accommodated nearly all the se...

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Karen Drake was cured of cancer using faith-fueled hope, diet, prayer and non-traditional natural treatments, without radical surgery, harsh chemical treatments or astronomical medical expenses. She wrote this book to share her story and natural healing methods with the world. In it, you will learn: How to maintain your health naturally How to restore your health, even after years of abuse How to increase your faith How stress can cause cancer...

Dr. Richard N. Drake (1945-2011) had a new vision for what a school of theology should be and this inspired him to found Primus University of Theology International in Phoenix, Arizona. In this way, he became the architect of the contemporary adaptation of the Classic Ecclesiastical University System. He head God say that the university would be to the Army of Compassion what Annapolis is to the U.S. Navy. Since then, the university has gradua...

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