Project Gutenberg 2024-10-21 Public domain in the USA. 634 Crooke, William 1848 1923 Crooke, W. The tribes and castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 1 (of 4) $aCalcutta :$bOffice of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, $c1896. Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 1" by W. Crooke is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This volume aims to provide a comprehensive survey of the diverse tribes and castes in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, focusing particularly on their manners, customs, religious practices, and social transformations. The book is a significant contribution to the field of Indian sociology and anthropology, exploring how these social structures have evolved over time. At the start of the volume, the author acknowledges the extensive existing literature on the subject, citing earlier works that have laid the groundwork for his investigations. Crooke discusses the challenges of studying these communities, particularly due to the reticent nature of lower castes and the complexities surrounding social status claims. He emphasizes the changes occurring within caste systems, such as the process of Brāhmanization among various tribes and the merging of castes that impacts their traditional identities. This opening portion sets the stage for a detailed examination of the origins of caste and its implications within Indian society, which will unfold in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/tribescastesofno01croo 20180330043740crooke 1896 IN Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Caste -- India -- History Tribes -- India -- History Hindus -- India DS Text 2070760 2025-06-29T11:27:20.846027 text/html 2019217 2024-10-21T19:35:50 text/html 2285183 2025-06-29T11:28:10.654298 application/epub+zip 2310329 2025-06-29T11:27:31.080987 application/epub+zip 563088 2025-06-29T11:27:25.558094 application/epub+zip 2848730 2025-06-29T11:28:25.879203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2989986 2025-06-29T11:28:05.880313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1101393 2025-06-29T11:27:08.471135 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1081203 2024-10-21T19:35:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16426 2025-06-29T11:28:26.144263 application/rdf+xml 17285 2025-06-29T11:27:26.118000 image/jpeg 2383 2025-06-29T11:27:25.847004 image/jpeg 2400442 2025-06-29T11:27:20.993053 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia