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One of the unresolved issues of Indian anthorpology is how to characterize and weigh the social importance of individuality and achievement in Indian social history. Of course, the individual as 'empirical agent' exists in India as everywhere (Dumont 1970a:9), yet because Hindu culture stresses collective identities over those of the individual, individual achievement, which is a measure of individuality, has been overlooked and sometimes outrightly rejected as a cause of history and social order (Dumont 1970a:107; 1970b; cf. Silverberg 1968). In consequence, the motivations underlying achievement that might explain historic action have also been ignored. This undervaluing of individuality and achievement has given rise to a long debate among South Asianists about the role of the individual in Indian society (e.g., Marriott 1968, 1969; Tambiah 1972:835; Beteille 1986, 1987), a debate that raises questions in wider arenas about the nature of society and culture in relation to individuals (e.g. Brown 1988; Mines 1988).

Reflexive models of kinship behavior permit social persons to establish kin relations, real or imagined, both with persons they meet and with persons altogether elsewhere, and at varying degrees of spatial and temporal remove in social history. Such chronotopic formulations of social relations enable persons and groups to co-locate themselves and kin-like others in place and time, and through these formulations, to participate in collective social projects in the times and places in which they happen to be living, whether through practices that maintain an established social order or through practices that attempt to alter it or their place within it. Based on examples from the accompanying articles, I provide a comparative discussion and commentary on the many varied and fascinating issues raised in this special collection on "kinship chronotopes."

Active for more than two decades, the Asian American movement began a middle-class reform effort to achieve racial equality, social justice, and political empowerment. In this first history and in-depth analysis of the Movement, William Wei traces to the late 1960s, the genesis of an Asian American identity, culture, and activism.Wei analyzes the Asian American women's movement, the alternative press, Asian American involvement in electoral politics. Interviews with many key participants in the Movement and photographs of Asian American demonstrations and events enliven this por

COVER -- CONTENTS -- I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- II. CITIES IN THE NEW WORLD: CANADIAN URBAN HISTORY BEFORE 1850 -- Introduction -- 1. "The Political Economy of Early Canadian Urban Development -- 2. "Land Ownership and Society in Montreal: An Hypothesis -- 3. "Metropolitan!sin and Toronto Re-examined, 1825-1850 -- III. METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND THE SPREAD OF THE URBAN NETWORK -- Introduction -- 4. "Currents of Change in Toronto, 1850-1900 -- 5. "The National Policy and the Industrialization of the Mahtimes, 1880-1910 -- 6. "The Urban West: The Evolution of Prairie Towns and Cities to 1930 -- IV. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- 7. "The Fate of City Beautiful Thought in Canada, 1893-1930 -- 8. "House and Home in Vancouver: Images of West Coast Urbanism, 1886-1929 -- 9. "The Evolution of Architectural Styles in Toronto -- V. URBAN SOCIETY -- Introduction -- 10. "The People of a Canadian City, 1851-1852 -- 11. "Family and Household Composition in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Moncton, New Brunswick, 1851-1871 -- 12. "Social Structure and the Urbanization Process: Perspectives on Nineteenth Century Research -- 13. "Boarding and Belonging: Thoughts on Sojourner Institutions -- 14. "The Neglected Majority: The Changing Role of Women in Nineteenth Century Montreal -- 15. "The Other Toronto: Irish Catholics in a Victorian City 1850-1900 -- 16. '*Divided City: The Immigrant in Winnipeg Society, 1874-1921 -- 17. "The Original City of Edmonton: A Derivative Prairie Urban Community -- VI. Urban Reform and Government -- Introduction -- 18. "Tomorrow's Metropolis: The Urban Reform Movement in Canada, 1880-1920 -- 19. " 'Tomorrow's Metropolis' Revisited: A Critical Assessment of Urban Reform in Canada, 1890-1920 -- 20. "Urban Autonomy in Canada: It's Evolution and Decline.