"Behind Mud Walls is an excellent introduction to the changes that have taken place in India from the mid-1920s to today, seen from the village level. It is an engaging read, filled with first hand observations of great clarity and explanatory power. It introduces the changing world of the village, where still 50 percent of the world's population, and 75 percent of India's population, live."—Howard Spadek, author of The World's History

A classic account of an Indian village, with an extended postscript written a generation later.

(Expanded Edition With New Chapters By Susan S, Wadley) In 1925, William And Charlotte Wiser Arrived In The North Indian Village Of Karimpur As Missionaries. Over The Next Five Years, They Wrote One Of The First Studies Of Village India, Originally Published In 1930. Charlotte Wiser Continued To Observe And Write About The Village Until Her Death, When Susan Wadley Picked Up The Narrative. With Updates From The 1960S, 1970S, 1984, And 2000, This Expanded Edition Now Encapsulates Seventy-Five Years Of Continuity And Change In The Village. The Book Has A Foreword By David G. Mandelbaum.