Tribes of India : the struggle for survival / Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, with contributions by Michael Yorke and Jayaprakash Rao
1982, First Edition. Delhi : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #395321
ISBN: 0520043154
Physical description; xiii,342 p : ill, ports ; 25 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p331-333. - Includes index. Contents; Introduction: The ethnographic scene -- Relations between tribes and government -- The fate of tribal land -- Tribes and forest policy -- Economic development -- The problem of tribal education -- Processes of social change -- Changes in beliefs and rituals -- Relations with non-tribal populations -- The situation of the Gonds of Asifabad and Lakshetipet Taluks, Adilabad District / Michael Yorke -- Konda Reddis in transition: three case studies / Jayaprakash Rao -- Change and development among tribes of Arunachal Pradesh -- The tribal problem in all-India perspective -- Postscript, May 1981. Subjects; Ethnology India. Ethnology India. Ethnic & Race Studies. Gender & Ethnic Studies. Social Sciences.
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