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100			_aHardgrave JR., Robert L. _eauthor.
245			_aThe Nadars of Tamilnad: _bThe Political Cultural of a Community in change _cBy Robert L. Hardgrave, JR., foreword by Dennis Templeman
260			_aNew Delhi: _bManohar, _c1969.
300			_axxvi,314p.
520			_aThe Nadars have had a turbulent and colourful history. Their efforts to rise above their depressed condition assumed dramatic form in the series of escalating confrontations between the caste and its antagonists. From the breast-cloth controversy the sack of Sivakasi to the Nadar Mahajana Sangam, the Nadars rise, encapsulating the processes of social mobility in Indian sopciety, has given rich texture to the analysis of a community in change.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aNadar _vOppressed groups _xHistory _zTamilnadu
650			_aSocial change _vPolitical _xCaste System _zTamilnadu
650			_aNadar _vSocial Status _xpolitical Power _zIndia
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