Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2013. Maps, black and white illustrations, 250pp. Notes, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. "Since the early 1990s hundreds of thousands of Tamil villagers in southern India have participated in literacy lessons, science demonstrations, and other events designed to transform them into active citizens with access..... More
New Jersey. Prentice Hall. [c. 1971]. Map, xiv + 164pp, a good copy in trifle worn and marked paperback, small tear on head of spine. "This essay is an attempt to convey what one anthropologist and historian has learned about India. It draws on the work of hundreds of other..... More
United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011. xxiii + 155pp, index, bibliography, a very good copy. Workplace bullying, a pattern of persistent and targeted emotional abuse within the context of an evolving unequal interpersonal relationship, has so far not received academic attention in India. This book explores the phenomenon of..... More
Department of Publication. University of Gauhati. Assam. 1960. Map, tables, 9 folding, illustrations, xii + 149pp, appendices, index, patchily faded dustjacket. The Rabha are a sub-group of the Bodo people of Assam. When referring to this item please quote stockid 4280. More
Calcutta. Uni of Calcutta. 1945. Black and white illustrations, folding tables, xvi + 336pp, appendices, glossary, index, wrappers worn with some loss spine, foxed throughout, a good ex-library reading copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161566. More
New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 2009. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 351pp, dustjacket extremities a little worn, still a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176991. More
Shillong. Published on behalf of the Adviser to the Governor of Assam. 1964. Second edition. Foreword by Jawaharlal Nehru. Endpaper maps, black and white illustrations including photographs, 296pp, index, inscription half-title, edges browned, dustjacketrubbed on extremities and some loss on spine. Discussion of the tribes of the North East Frontier..... More
Bombay. Bhatkal. 1963. Third revised edition. xiv + 404pp, index, endpapers patchily browned, good copy in torn dustjacket, now protected First published in 1943 as The Aborigines So-Called and Their Future. "In this third revised edition Dr. Ghurye, besides giving a historical account of these tribes and the attitude of..... More
Assam. Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art & Culture. 1995. Colour and black and white photographic plates, 84pp, title page stamped Complimentary copy. Small hole upper cover and preliminary leaves, lower corner bumped. Very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176909. More
Calcutta. Nagarjun. September 1958 - August 1959. Volume II only. [6]pages of advertisements + 1100pp, some insect damage marbled endpapers, some light soiling edges, damaged dustjacket. A carefully written separate handwritten leaf loosely inserted states that this volume was presented to Professor A.L. Basham by the author of the paper..... More
London. Century Publishing. 1985. Plan of village, 13 black and white photographic plates, 215pp, maroon cloth covered boards and spine, patchily faded dustjacket but otherwise a good copy. "When a series of misfortunes stranded Jainub and her children, this young Afrikaans mother had to find the courage and determination to..... More
New Delhi. Affiliated East-West Press. 1969. xx + 140pp, indices, extremities trifle worn, endpapers and edges lightly foxed, otherwise good. When referring to this item please quote stockid 35127. More
New Delhi. Vikas Publishing. [c. 1976.]. Folding map, 183pp, index, publisher's stamp front free endpaper, spine faded, cloth covered boards patchily faded, otherwise a good copy. Chapters: Kinship in West Punjab Villages, Community Structure and Social Rank in Two Villages in Bangladesh, Islamic Institutions: Perception and Practice in a Village..... More
Albuquerque. University of New Mexico Press. 1962. 230 - 245pp, offprint from the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, original stapled wrappers trifle faded. When referring to this item please quote stockid 67379. More
Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2002. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 504pp, bibliography, index, paperback, light wear on front cover, very good copy. "This lively anthology of ethnographic writing on South Asia explores the ways ordinary people live and make their worlds in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and..... More
New Delhi. Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. 1980. v + 125pp, references, covers worn and foxed with chipped corners, inside mostly clean, a good reading copy. Occasional papers on tribal development, 28. When referring to this item please quote stockid 160064. More
United States: Cornell University Press, 2012. Black and white illustrations, x + 174pp, index, notes, a very good copy. Transnational customer service workers are an emerging touchstone of globalization given their location at the intersecting borders of identity, class, nation, and production. Unlike outsourced manufacturing jobs, call center work requires..... More
Leipzig. Johann Ambrosius Barth. 1958. Photocopy of `Nova Acta Leopoldina' from the library of Professor A.L. Basham, Nummer 138, Band 20 in light green card covers with tape spine, title handwritten on spine, 132pp, index. Covers worn, tape on spine torn with loss. `Self-evaluation in ancient Indian medicine'. German text..... More
Aligargh. Three Men's Publications. 1969. 123pp, appendices, bibliography, index, endpapers patchily browned, bookseller's stamp upper pastedown, otherwise a sound copy in worn and chipped priceclipped dust jacket. An attempt at analysing the basic categories of Muslim political thought and its reactions to different situations during a period of unprecendented political..... More
New York. Guilford. 1993. Black and white illustrations, viii + 247pp, index, very good in dustjacket. Examines many aspects of sibling relationships in South Asia. Includes discussion on the influence of different types of family and household structure on sibling relationships; similiarities and differences cross-culturally; sibling organisation in relation to..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1982. 271pp, references, notes, remainder mark lower edge. Very good in dustjacket. Studies in Cultural Anthropology. Kinship, Caste and Marriage in India Papers include: The Cultural Construction of the Person in Bengal and Tamilnadu; Bad Blood in Bengal: Category and Affect in the Study of..... More
Delhi. B.R. Publishing. 1986. Black and white photographic plates, 192pp, glossary, dustjacket damaged and extensively repaired with tape. "This microscopic case-study of the South District of Manipur highlights the use of various traditional and non traditional psychotropic substances. The mind boggling findings have been supplemented by qualitative and quantitative data..... More
Baroda. Oriental Institute. 1978. 267pp, index, corrigenda, text in English and Sanskrit, dustjacket and covers showing little wear internally good, inscribed to Professor A.L. Basham front free endpaper. Gaekwad's Oriental Series. When referring to this item please quote stockid 15355. More
Varanasi. Chaukhambha Orientalia. 1979. 30 + 696pp, indices, cloth covers little marked, corners bumped, damaged dustjacket. Text in Sanskrit and Hindi. Jaikrishnadas Ayurveda Series No. 30. When referring to this item please quote stockid 153484. More
Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2015. First Edition. Map, black and white illustrations, xvi + 305pp, abbreviations, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, dustjacket, very good copy. "Rituals of Ethnicity is a transnational study of the relationships between mobility, ethnicity, and ritual action. Through an ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community..... More