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Ellen McDonald Gumperz (1936–1972): An Obituary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Eleanor Zelliot  and
Frank Conlon
Eleanor Zelliot
Affiliation:
Carleton College
Frank Conlon
Affiliation:
University of Washington

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The death of Ellen McDonald Gumperz in the midst of her period of mature scholarship and professional recognition was a loss not only to John Gumperz, her family, children and friends, but to those working in the many areas her studies probed. Her last research touched two of her basic interests: the area of Maharashtra in India and the structure of nineteenth century modernization. A planned study of communications systems was frustrated by her illness and by the paucity of local records. However, she left a number of studies which reveal a fine analytical mind and a lucid writing style and which break new ground in examining structures and in using modern quantitative methods in Indian history.

Type
Obituaries
Information
The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 1974 , pp. 579 - 580
Copyright
Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1974

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