Sanitation in India: A Historico-Sociological Survey

by Hetukar Jha

Overview

Sanitation is now increasingly recognized as one of the most ‘publicly relevant issues' in our country. The book deals with why it is appropriate, rather, necessary for this issue to be duly considered as a field of historiosociological studies in the Indian academia. Further, the details of the habits and practices regarding sanitation which prevailed in different periods of our history have been discussed. Besides, an attempt has also been made to examine the sociopolitical and cultural conditions which forged and promoted the association of some communities with the tasks of sewage disposal, cleaning streets, etc. The assumption guiding the present endeavour, at least implicitly, is that the traditions and practices relating to sanitation belong to our cultural sphere and, therefore, deserve an important space on the agenda of studies and research in social sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788121252843
Publisher:	Gyan Publishing House
Publication date:	06/30/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	102
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Hetukar Jha (b.1944, Madhubani, Bihar) joined Patna University as a lecturer on sociology in 1968 and was professor and head of the Department of Sociology at the time of retirement (in 2004). In 1972, he was awarded Fulbright Scholarship. Since 1968, he has been working on villages, traditions, culture and education from historical perspective and has published more than 120 research papers and 19 books. He has participated in seminars / conferences both in India and abroad and has also served the U.G.C. and I.C.S.S.R. as a member of their different committees. He is presently working on village world in the colonial era and the genealogical records of Mithila (Bihar). Besides, he is engaged in bringing to light the lost/ forgotten records and books of past centuries concerning Bihar in KameshwarSingh Bihar