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² In an important but unreported comment before the National Seminar on Social Change at Bangalore in late 1972, M. N. Srinivas argued that the time had come for the village-level study to be de-emphasized, at least temporarily, in favour of research into wider spatial areas.

³ Professor Epstein cannot be criticized for failing to refer to Mysore by its new official name ‘Karnataka’ since that change took place after this book went to press. I have, for simplicity, used the old name in this review.

⁴ See Census of India, 1951, vol. I, India, Part ii-bGoogle Scholar, Economic Tables (General Population) (Delhi, 1954), pp. 2–13.Google Scholar

⁵ Interview with Srinivas, M. N., Delhi, 20 Auguest 1971.Google Scholar

⁶ It was first published in Kannada in 1964 under the title Panjaravalliya Panju.Its popularity led Manjappa to translate it into English as The Martyr of Panjaravalli (Bangalore, 1966). It deserves wider circulation than that limited edition will permit.Google Scholar

⁷ These comments are based on interviews with Kadidal Manjappa at Bangalore, on 29 July 1972 and 19 November 1972.

⁸ Epstein, T. S., ‘Industrial Employment for Landless Labourers Only’, Economic Weekly, xi, Nos 28, 29 and 30, Special Edition, 1959.Google Scholar