The Scheduled Tribes Oxford University Press in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India, 1994 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1266 pages This volume is the first comprehensive and systematic account of India's 456 tribal communities, including the 179 segments distributed in many parts of the country. Exploring how they have been increasingly influenced by "development" processes, particularly education and medicine, this work considers culture, society, location, language, script, biological variation, educational level, impact of development, food habits, and rituals and work practices on each of these tribal communities. It will be especially interesting for anthropologists and students of Indian development. |
