Jain, Ravindra Kumar2017-05-102017-05-101965b1013486http://hdl.handle.net/1885/116866This is a study of the social adaptation of Tamil-speaking labourers from South India to life on Pal Melayu, a rubber estate in Malaya. Pal Melayu in its west coast Malayan region is conceptualised as a social system or a 'social field'. The social process - a syndrome of social action over time - is perceived as an interaction between analytically separable 'industrial' and 'community' subsystems comprising the estate social system.2v.enTamil (Indic people) MalaysiaSocial classes MalaysiaMalaysia Social conditionsMalaysia Economic conditions196510.25911/5d739700e6ebf2017-05-09