Cultural Sociology of India

Contents: Preface. 1. Cultural sociology of India. 2. Theory of civilization in the sociology of culture. 3. Creativity and human history. 4. Philosophy and civilization. 5. The sociology of art. 6. Modern sociology of art. 7. Juvenile vagrancy. 8. Juvenile truancy in school. 9. Juvenile and adolescent delinquency. 10. Care of children in U.P. villages and towns. 11. The changing pattern of marriages among Muslims. 12. Women offenders. 13. Maternity behaviour. 14. Collective bargaining, its sociological analysis. 15. Social mobiligy among leather industry workers of Kanpur. 16. The changing pattern of institutions in Uttar Pradesh. 17. The concept of welfare state with special reference to its implementation in India. 18. Marriage custom of the Shia Muslims. 19. Sociological study of Folklore. 20. Hindu sociology. 21. The religious mendicants--a sociological study. 22. Inter-caste relations in rural areas. Index.

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