Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 1994. ix + 221pp, some leaves creased at fore edge, very good copy in dustjacket with faded spine. After the sudden death of a young girl who was suffering from a fever the villagers of Bisipara in eastern India are convinced that her death was caused..... More
Calcutta. Shillong. 1960. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 110pp, index, bibliography, glossary, first few pages little creased, price-clipped dustjacket now protected, a good copy. An ethnographic study of the Idu Mishmis - one of the main tribes inhabiting the wild and rugged hills of the..... More
Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1988. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xxiv + 263pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, appendix, dustjacket spine sunned, a very good hardback copy. This study in the field of oral traditions examines the performance of traditional bow songs during the festival season in southern India..... More
United States: University of California Press, 2005. 242pp, index, notes, references, glossary, index, very good paperback copy. "At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original..... 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
Guwahati. Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art & Culture, Assam. 1994. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 428pp, notes, references & bibliography, stamp on front free endpaper, upper hinge starting but still sound. Good paperback copy in dustjacket. Includes chapters on verbal folklore, religion, beliefs and customs, ceremonies and..... 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
London. John Murray. 1936. Black and white photographic illustrations, 243pp, notes (glossary), lower hinge cracked, endpapers and edges browned, cloth covers little discoloured, corners bumped, The Gonds live in Central India. The author lived among them from 1932-1935, wrote about them and photographed them. These are his personal recollections of..... 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
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1981. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations,appendices, bibliography, glossary/index, x + 421pp. Edges lightly browned, minor shelf wear very good copy. "This book offers unique insights into the impact of complex psychosocial and environemental forces on India's untouchable castes. The text is full of rich information..... 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
Calcutta. Anthropological Survey of India: Seagull Books. 1995. Maps, black and white illustrations, xv + 219 pages, [8] pages of plates, upper edge some foxing, dustjacket extremities some wear, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161387. 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
Delhi. B.R. Publishing Corporation. 1981. Reprint. xxi + 227pp, index, appendices, reprinted without the chromo-lithographic illustrations of the 1908 original, minor wear and browning priceclipped dustjacket, still a sound copy. Study of the Meitheis (or Meiteis) an ethnic group of Manipur, bounded by Burma on the east, Nagaland on the..... More
Delhi. Mittal Publication. 1986. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 71pp + 16 plates, some staining to margin of one plate, tall quarto, price-clipped dustjacket worn with some loss, otherwise a good copy. Contains diaries of two tours undertaken by two British officers - J.P. Mills of..... 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
Ahmedabad. Mapin. 1996. Map, colour photographic illustrations, black and white line illustrations, 144pp, bibliography, glossary, dustjacket, very good copy. "This book brings to you the exciting world of Madhya Pradesh's many tribes. Interwoven with their myths and legends, and illustrated with stunning colour visuals and with line drawings, here are..... More
New York. Colombia University Press. 2003. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 316pp, index, notes, glossary, appendix, spine and upper cover little sunned, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178416. 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