An Anthropologist
among the Historians
and Other Essays
BERNARD S. COHN
With an introduction by
Ranajit Guha
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
I n t r o d u c t i o n by R a n a j i t Guha
I. HISTORY A N D ANTHROPOLOGY
1. A n A n t h r o p o l o g i s t a m o n g t h e H i s t o r i a n s :
A Field S t u d y
2 . H i s t o r y a n d A n t h r o p o l o g y : T h e State o f P l a y
3 . A n t h r o p o l o g y a n d H i s t o r y in t h e 1980s:
Towards a Rapprochement
II. INDIA AS A FIELD OF S T U D Y
4. N e t w o r k s a n d C e n t r e s in t h e I n t e g r a t i o n o f
Indian Civilization
5. T h e P a s t s o f a n I n d i a n Village
6. R e g i o n s S u b j e c t i v e a n d O b j e c t i v e : T h e i r R e l a t i o n
t o t h e S t u d y o f M o d e r n I n d i a n H i s t o r y a n d Society
7. N o t e s o n t h e H i s t o r y o f t h e S t u d y o f I n d i a n
Society and C u l t u r e
8 Is T h e r e a N e w I n d i a n H i s t o r y ? S o c i e t y
a n d Social C h a n g e U n d e r t h e Raj
9. African M o d e l s a n d I n d i a n H i s t o r i e s
10. T h e C e n s u s , Social S t r u c t u r e a n d Objectification
i n S o u t h Asia
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III. UNTOUCHABLES
11. T h e C h a n g i n g Status of a Depressed Caste
12. T h e C h a n g i n g T r a d i t i o n s o f a L o w C a s t e
13. M a d h o p u r Revisited
14. C h a m a r F a m i l y in a N o r t h I n d i a n Village:
A Structural Contingent
IV. THE BRITISH IN BENARES
15. T h e Initial B r i t i s h I m p a c t o n India: A C a s e
Study of the Benares Region
16. S t r u c t u r a l C h a n g e in I n d i a n R u r a l Society
1596 -1885
17. T h e B r i t i s h in B e n a r e s : A N i n e t e e n t h C e n t u r y
C o l o n i a l Society
18. F r o m I n d i a n S t a t u s t o B r i t i s h C o n t r a c t
19. P o l i t i c a l S y s t e m s in E i g h t e e n t h - C e n t u r y India:
T h e Benares Region
20. T h e R e c r u i t m e n t and Training of British Civil
Servants in India
2 1 . S o m e N o t e s o n L a w a n d C h a n g e in N o r t h India
2 2 . A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l N o t e s o n L a w a n d D i s p u t e s in
N o r t h India
V. REPRESENTATIONS OF EMPIRE
2 3 . R e p r e s e n t i n g A u t h o r i t y in V i c t o r i a n India
