Kinship, marriage and womanhood among the Nagarattars in South India

The aim of this thesis is to explore the caste culture of the Naattukoottai Chettiyars or Nagarattars, a South Indian mercantile caste. Chapter 1 includes a brief history of the Nagarattars and discusses their kinship oriented entrepreneurship. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss the Nagarattars' caste an...

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Main Author: Nishimura, Yuko
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1993
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645370