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I. Prologue: the British-Dominated Maritime Blockade -- II. Outward Unity and Inner Tension: the Formation of an Economic Warfare Strategy -- III. Domestic Dissension and Opposition: the Blockade as an Example of Wartime Bureaucratization -- IV. Belligerent-Neutral Diplomatic Relations: Consignment and Rationing as the Dual Focus of Northern Blockade Diplomacy -- V. Interallied Tension: French Disapprobation of the British-Controlled Northern Blockade -- VI. the Swiss Blockade System: Interaction of Diplomacy, Strategy and Domestic Priorities -- VII. Policy of Increased Pressure Toward Switzerland :Blockade Diplomacy Hampered by Allied Disagreement -- VIII. Preclusive Purchases: a Case Study in Domestic Frustration of Blockade Objectives -- IX. Toward an Integral Blockade: French Blockade Stalemate Resolved by American Adherence to French Economic Objectives -- X. Epilogue: American Dominance as the Catalyst of Blockade Uniformity and Neutral Concessions -- Conclusion.

A study of the system of political stratification and the pattern of political alliances in rural Western Maharashtra. Based on fieldwork in a large village, a nearby market town and taluka headquarters, and political institutions in the surrounding countryside, the first half of the book is a full examination of the phenomenon of regional dominance originally described by Adrian Mayer. The second part is a detailed study of the pattern of political alliances from village to district level. Dr Carter's central concern is with the manner in which the pattern of political alliances is shaped by political stratification. Tracing the relationships between these alliances and such factors as political stratification, political arenas, caste, class, and kinship, Dr Carter demonstrates that much Indian political behaviour which has been regarded as irrational or as a sign of an immature, tradition-bound and unstable system may be understood more usefully as a rational response to the conditions of political action in rural India