The Pariah problem: caste, religion, and the social in modern India

Land tenure or labor control? The Agrarian mise-en-scène

Conceptualizing Pariah conversion: caste, spirit, matter, and penury

The Pariah-missionary alliance: Agrarian contestation and the local state

The state and the cēri

Settling land, sowing conflict; or, the rise and rise of religious neutrality

The marriage of sacred and secular authority: new liberalism, mission-state relations, and the birth of authenticity

Giving the panchama a home: creating "a friction where none exists"

Everyday warfare: caste, class, and the public

The depressed classes, rights, and the embrace of the social

Conclusion: The pariah problem's enduring legacies.