Tribes of North-East India by Sarthak Sengupta - 2003

Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., 2003. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. An authentic study of the life-style of the tribes of north-east India, the volume contains contributions by eminent anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and administrators and covers a large spectrum of ethnoloical, philosophical, linguistic, mythological and historical aspects of these tribes. The author has briefly described 19 Scheduled Tribes-Bhil, Bhutia, Chaimal, Chakma, Garo, Holam, Jamatia, Khosia, Kuki, Lepcha, Lushai, Mag, Munda, Noatia, Oraon, Reang, Santal, Tripuri and Uchai. Contents: Relations1. The Tribes of North East India : An Overview/R.K. Kar 2. Application of Results of Tribal-Research Studies in Planning, Development and Administration/B. Pakem 3. The Emerging Ethnographic Profiles of Eastern Himalayas : Notes on Some Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh/S.N. Ratha 4. Society and Culture Among the Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh : Tradition and Change/J. Sarkar 5. World View of the Lisu : A Little Known Ethnic Group of Arunachal Pradesh/A. Maitra 6. The Institution of Chieftainship among the Noctes and Wanchos of Arunachal Pradesh/P.O. Dutta 7. The Pattern of Kinship and Friendship Terminology of the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh/O.K. Duarah 8. Indigenous Health Practices among the Idu Mishmi of Arunachal Pradesh/S.S. Datta Chaudhry and G.C. Ghosh 9. The Sonowal Kachari : Some Aspects of their Social Life/K Baruah 10. Economy of the Karbis/B.K. Medhi 11. Management of Land and Forests in the Hill Areas of Assam-Retrospective and perspective and Traditional land-Man Relations in the Zeme Naga Society of North Chachar Hills/B.N. Bordoloi 12. Land Alienation Among the Tribes in North Chachar District of Assam/T. Bhattacharjee 13. Physical Anthropology of the Deoris of Assam/S. Sengupta and H.B. Chetry 14. The Mao and Maram Nagas of Manipur : A Morphogenetic Study/M. Mani Babu 15. Opportunity of Selection in the Pnar of Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya/M. Banerji, D. Choudhury, and O.K. Adak 16. Finger Dermatoglyphics of the Lakher of Mizoram/N.N. Sengupta 17. Dimensions of Naga Society : The Processes of Cultural Fusion and Fission/N. Saha, and S.S. Mishra 18. Religion : A Factor of Culture Change amongst Angamis in Nagaland/J.K.K. Saikia 19. The Jamatia of Tripura/D. Mandal 20. Political Institutions of the Chakmas of Tripura/R.P. Athparia 21. Ethnicity and Identity of Tripura Tribes/J. Ganchaudhuri Printed Pages: 309. NA