1st Edition

The Middle Class in Colonial Malabar A Social History

By Sreejith K. Copyright 2022
208 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Members of the middle class in colonial Malabar left behind a copious amount of writings. These are to be found, among other places, in magazines, autobiographies and diaries. This book explores the social history of the middle class in the region during the British period on the basis of these writings in combination with archival sources. It delves into how they conceptualized domesticity,... Read more
1. The World of the Middle Class 2. Domesticity: In Theory and Practice 3. Changing Forms of Leisure 4. Caste and the Middle Class 5. Negotiating Tradition and Modernity

Biography

Sreejith K. is Assistant Professor in the History Department at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Government College, Kolkata.