About this title: Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a ...
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Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the dust jacket and a publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 8-15-03
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2003-08-15
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
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Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia Univ. Press, NY
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Translated by Arun Prabha Mukherjee; DJ with small top corner crease rear flap. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2003-08-15
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press, NY
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
Description: Very Good. 0-231-12972-6. Black cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 158 pages. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780231129725ISBN:0231129726
Description: Valmiki tells a riveting story of growing up in a village in the newly independent India. It is a story of survival, of oppression as grievous as slavery or apartheid, and of victory, as the author gets an education and learns to embrace his identity... read more
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