Living with water: peoples, lives and livelihoods in Asia and beyond, ed. by Rila Mukherjee

ISBN: 9789384092009, 9384092002

This book examines the relation between water and human history through the prism of archeology, ethnography, history, maritime, anthropology, literature, sociology and musicology.

Kau Bru Phamungma-Kau R'keih: Tre Hamungsniya Kau'mthai Rao

Reang, Lincoln

Combs: tribes in India

Debi, Bharati et al.

ISBN: 9788185579696, 8185579695

Though it is different to trace the origins of the comb but prehistoric evidence suggest that this item has been fashioned quite easily in response to man's need for grooming. The world of tribe offers us a glimpse into rich heritage of the comb involving not only a host of emotions, but also aesthetics sense and artistic skill. The uniqueners of the combs used by the tribes of India lies in th...

The coming of the book: the impact of printing 1450-1800, tr. by David Gerard, Paris, 1958

Febvre, Lucien et al.

ISBN: 9788170462668, 8170462665

The authors put together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, as well as the study of modes of consciousness, to root the development of the printed word in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe.

Leaving the land: indigenous migration and affective labour in India

Kikon, Dolly et al

ISBN: 9781108494427, 1108494420

Biraja Sankar Guha: centenary year of teaching of anthropology in India

Duary, Nabakumar

ISBN: 9789391685331, 9391685331

Dr. Biraja Sankar Guha (1894-1961) is one of the few luminaries in the field of anthropology in India. He is remembered for his academic brilliance, research contribution and administrative capabilities.

Communities of North-East India: an anthropological perspectives

Das, Farida Ahmed et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788170996316, 8170996317

Contains papers presented in the National Seminar on anthropology and community held in the Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Assam

Community rights and livelihoods in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

Kainthola, Sunil Dutt et al.

ISBN: 9789291150120, 9291150126

This book hopes to contribute to the discussions on the special needs and moral rights of communities in conservation areas.

Computerizing cultures

Vatsyayan, Kapila et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788122408249, 8122408249

Contents: (i)The conceptual framework (ii)The methodology (iii)Documentation.;

Conflict and tension in tribal society

Sinha, Surendra Prasad

ISBN: 9788170224938, 8170224934

Contents: (i) Theoretical and historical aspects of conflict and tension in tribal Bihar (ii) Conflict and tension in santal parganas (iii) Conflict and tension in Chota Nagpur (iv) Conflict and tension in Gujarat Mahak (Trbutary States) (v) Resolution of conflict, analysis and conclusion.;

Conflicting ethnicities: locating the local in the global

Azam, Kousar J. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173049989, 817304998X

The present collection is an edited version of some of the papers that were presented at an international conference of Ethnicity organized at OUCIP, Hyderabad. The papers focus on the changing notions of ethnicity and the challenges they pose to nation states in a world of economic and political uncertainties.

Constructing Dalit indentity

Arun, C Joe

ISBN: 9788131600818, 8131600815

This book examines the processes by which the Dalits of Tamil Nadu, South India, attempt to construct their identity by transforming the symbols of pollution into symbols of their culture and postive identity.