Philip McEldowney (University of Virginia)

revised: Thu, 29 May 2003 10:04:29 -0400

Philip F. McEldowney
Librarian for the Anthropology Department and 
Co-Librarian for the Religious Studies Department
South Asia and Middle East Specialist 
Collection Development, Bibliography, Instruction

507 Alderman Library
P. O. Box 400106
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4106  USA

Phones: 434-924-4987 (office)
        434-979-6112 (residence)
Fax:    434-924-1431
Email:  pm9k@virginia.edu
Email:  philipmc@virginia.edu
URLs:   http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k (personal home page)
        http://www.virginia.edu/~soasia (Center for South Asian Studies)
        http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/southAsia.html 
(Library Resources)
	
Home address:
501 Druid Ave.
Charlottesville, VA 22902-6041

description of work: librarian, bibliographer

SUBJECT INTERESTS:
Modern Indian history, British colonial policy, imperialism; History of
the Central Provinces, Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hoshangabad,
Balaghat; Chattisgarh or Chhattisgarh Satnami movement, tribal Baiga and
Gond groups; forest management, agriculture technology, land revenue,
landlord class, tenant conditions, agricultural laborer or labourer
situations, moneylender or banking and Marwari families, Pindari or
Pindhari history; peasant groups, movements, and agrarian activities.
Phoolan Devi. Women and Cinema. 

TRAINING AND BACKGROUND:
--Library Science and Bibliography classes through the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro (1990s)
--History: modern Indian, British, and Chinese at the University of
Virginia (1970s)
--Modern India and Africa, teaching in Area Studies at New York State
University at Oneonta (1967-1970)
--History: Comparative Tropical History at the University of Wisconsin;
and Languages of Hindi and Urdu (1960s)
--Listserves or listservs of CONSALD/SCAP, H-Asia