The Warrior Merchants : Textiles, Trade and Territory in South India (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The Kaikkoolars of Tamilnadu; 2. The Kaikkoolars and the iDangkai (left-hand) and valangkai (right-hand) castes; 3. Kaikkoolar beliefs and the order of their social world; 4. The naaDu system; 5. The caste association: the Senguntha Mahaajana Sangam; 6. Caste, politics, and the handloom weavers' cooperative movement: 1935?1971; 7. Interpreting the Kaikkoolars today: models of caste, weaving, and the state.