Subaltern Lives: Tamil History and Society From Medieval To Early Modern Age

ABOUT THE BOOK:- This book explores the remarkable everyday life-worlds of the common people in Tamil country and examines the struggles of the agricultural workers, non-agricultural labour, fishermen and the slaves. It provides a realistic combination of individual human beings and groups hitherto considered too low for elite treatment in Tamil history. The author skillfully traces the social connections and networks, and how the subaltern groups lived in the age of expanding European commercial activities on the Tamil coast and hinterland by deciphering the connections from the medieval period to the birth of colonial modernity. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- S. Jeyaseela Stephen is Directeur, Institut pour études Indo-Européennes. He was Professor of Maritime History (2001-2013) at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. He is the author numerous books on maritime history of early modern India including 'Oceanscapes: Tamil Textiles in the Early Modern World' (2014), 'A Meeting of the Minds: European and Tamil Encounters in Modern Sciences, 1507-1857' (2016), 'Pondicherry under the French: Illuminating the Urban Landscape' (2018). He received the best book prize of the year 1999 from the Government of Tamilnadu. His books have been translated into Chinese and Tamil. CONTENTS:- List of Tables . 7 Acknowledgements . 9 Abbreviations . 11 1. Introduction . 13 2. From Agriculture, Untouchability and Social Distance to Entry into the Military: Life of the Paraiyars and Pallars in the Early Modern Age . 29 3. Life of the Goldsmiths, Blacksmiths, Stone Masons and Carpenters between Town and Village in the Medieval and Early Modern Age . 67 4. Life at the Seaside of Tamil Coast: Fishing Communities in the Age of the European Commerce . 109 5. Sordid Trade in Human Flesh: Voyages of the Portuguese, Dutch and the English from the Tamil Coast during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries . 141 6. Slavery and Social Death: Slaves and Trading Voyages of the Danes, Dutch and the French from the Tamil Coast during the Eighteenth Century . 169 7. Conclusion . 197 Bibliography . 203 Index . 225 The Title 'Subaltern Lives: Tamil History and Society From Medieval To Early Modern Age written/authored/edited by S. Jeyaseela Stephen', published in the year 2019. The ISBN 9789353240257 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 232 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-