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New Delhi.: Munshiram Manoharlal.. Reprint.. 1995.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xix + 341pp, notes, glossary, references (small pencil marks by titles), index, trifle worn dustjacket, otherwise a good copy. Review of "The Chettiar Heritage" loosely inserted. In this work the author "presents an anthropological and historical challenge to the traditional assumptions about kinship, caste, and commercial organisations in South Asia. Focusing on the Nattukottai Chettiars, a merchant-banking caste that played a central role in South Indian banking and trade in the period from 1870 to 1930, Rudner explores the nature of non-capitalist economic formations and the impact of colonial rule on indigenous commercial systems, as well as variety and change among India's caste and ethnic groups." Publisher's description. .