Sanitation in India : A Historico-Sociological Survey - Hardcover

Hetukar Jha

9788121212786: Sanitation in India : A Historico-Sociological Survey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8121212782 ISBN 13: 9788121212786

Publisher: Raj Publishers, 2015

About The Book:- Sanitation is now increasingly recognized as one of the most 'publicly relevant issues' in our country. The book deals with why it is appropriate, rather, necessary for this issue to be duly considered as a field of historio sociological studies in the Indian academia. Further, the details of the habits and practices regarding sanitation which prevailed in different periods of our history have been discussed. Besides, an attempt has al so been made to examine the socio political and cultural conditions which forged and promoted the association of some communities with the tasks of sewage disposal, cleaning streets, etc. The assumption guiding the present endeavour, at least implicitly , is that the traditions and practices relating to sanitation belong to our cultural sphere and, therefore, deserve an important space on the agenda of studies and research in social sciences. About The Author:- Hetukar Jha (b.1944, Madhubani, Bihar) joined Patna University as a lecturer on sociology in 1968 and was professor and head of the Department of Sociology at the time of retirement (in 2004). In 1972, he was awarded Fulbright Scholarship. Since 1968, he has been working on villages, traditions, culture and education from historical perspective and has published more than 120 research papers and 19 books. He has participated in seminars / conferences both in India and abroad and has also served the U.G.C. and I.C.S.S.R. as a member of their different committees. He is presently working on village world in the colonial era and the genealogical records of Mi t hi l a (Bihar). Besides, he is engaged in bringing to light the lost/ forgotten records and books of past centuries concerning Bihar in Kameshwar Singh Bihar Heritage Series. Contents:- Introduction 15 - 25 Sanitation and Society in the Colonial Period 26 - 47 Untouchability and Sanitation in Pre-Modern era 48 - 75 Appendix A 76 - 89 Appendix B 90 -102 The Title 'Sanitation in India : A Historico-Sociologic

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