| Caste and Capitalism in Colonial India |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND SPELLING OF NON-ENGLISH WORDS |
 | INTRODUCTION |
 | PART ONE CONCEPTS |
| 2 Conceiving Caste |
| 3 The Study of Commerce in Indian Society |
| PART TWO BUSINESS |
| 4 The Colonial Expansion |
| 5 Banker's Trust and the Culture of Banking |
| 6 A Collectivist Spirit of Capitalism |
| PART THREE RITUAL AND KINSHIP |
| 7 The Magic of Capitalism and the Mercantile Elite |
| Plates |
| 8 Marriage Alliance |
| 9 Temple Control and Cross-Cut Segmentation in Chettinad |
| 10 Conclusion: Social Structure as Social Investment |
| APPENDIX A INTEREST RATETABLES |
| APPENDIX B SAMPLE HUNDIS |
| APPENDIX C CAREER OF RAJA SIR MUTHIA CHETTIAR |
| APPENDIX D NAKARATTAR KINSHIP TERMS |
| Notes |
| • | INTRODUCTION |
| • | 2 Conceiving Caste |
| • | 3 The Study of Commerce in Indian Society |
| • | 4 The Colonial Expansion |
| • | 5 Banker's Trust and the Culture of Banking |
| • | 6 A Collectivist Spirit of Capitalism |
| • | 7 The Magic of Capitalism and the Mercantile Elite |
| • | 8 Marriage Alliance |
| • | 9 Temple Control and Cross-Cut Segmentation in Chettinad |
| • | 10 Conclusion: Social Structure as Social Investment |
| GLOSSARY |
| REFERENCES |
| INDEX |