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Colonial Caste Systems

Colonial Caste Systems is a socio-hierarchical framework imposed during colonial rule that categorizes populations into rigid strata based on racial, ethnic, and indigenous affiliations to institutionalize social stratification and maintain colonial dominance.

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Disciplining and policing the 'criminals by birth', Part 1: The making of a colonial stereotype— The criminal tribes and castes of North India

Sanjay K. Nigám · The Indian Economic & Social History Review · 1990 · 225 citations

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Estate and Class in a Colonial City: Oaxaca in 1792

John K. Chance, William B. Taylor · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 1977 · 211 citations

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Shades of Wildness Tribe, Caste, and Gender in Western India

Ajay Skaria · The Journal of Asian Studies · 1997 · 161 citations

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MULTILINGUALISM AND LANGUAGE CONTACT IN WEST AFRICA: TOWARDS A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE

Friederike Lüpke · Journal of Language Contact · 2010 · 145 citations · Full text

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The Caste System Upside Down, or The Not-So-Mysterious East

Joan P. Mencher · Current Anthropology · 1974 · 136 citations

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Authors

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  1. JM
    J. M. Gullick

    3 publications · 164 citations

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  2. KB
    Karen B. Graubart

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  3. PF
    Paul F. Lachance

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  4. BC
    Brian Caton

    Luther College, United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. MF
    Maurice Freedman

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  2. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  3. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    111 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    145 citations

  6. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    71 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 354 citations

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  2. Comparative Studies in Society and History

    CSSH · 3 publications · 274 citations

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  3. Pacific Affairs

    3 publications · 222 citations

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  4. The Indian Economic & Social History Review

    3 publications · 263 citations

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  5. Modern Asian Studies

    3 publications · 132 citations

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