Caste in Bengal Border

Contents: 1. Caste and service in a Bengal village. 2. Emerging problems of the Scheduled Castes in West Bengal. 3. Minimising group distances. 4. Caste and conflict in a Bengal village. 5. Living conditions and social disabilities of the sweepers at Tamluk in Midnapur of West Bengal. 6. Welfare measures and basic resistances to their implementation. 7. Caste and changing occupation study of Belpahari market. 8. Continuity and change in Bengal village. 9. Occupational changes and caste structure in Bengal. Index.

"This book shows serious studies on Caste in Bengal Border where two states Orissa and Bihar touch the district Midnapur. One will find here an analysis of vactions caste interactions at different point of time. This sort of interactions might not he found at present stage due to industrialization, urbanization but are valued information for the researches and administrators." (jacket)