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    <title>Rural Sociology</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Sharma, Rajendra Kumar</namePart>
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  <genre authority="">Panchayati Raj -- Rural social structure.</genre>
  <originInfo>
    <place>
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    <publisher>: Atlantic Publishers &amp; Distributors (P) Ltd.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>, 2011</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
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    <extent>vi, 305 p. ; 22 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>This book is a comprehensive textbook on rural sociology designed primarily for M.A. Sociology students. It covers the concepts, scope, and methods of rural sociology; village communities; rural family, marriage, caste, religion, leadership, economy, panchayats, rural development programmes, Bhoodan and Gramdan movements, and the changing nature of rural Indian society. The book emphasizes the social structure and transformation of Indian villages and includes examination-oriented questions at the end of chapters.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">/ Rajendra Kumar Sharma</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Rural sociology in India</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">307.72 SHA</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9788171566716</identifier>
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