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
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 scholars..... 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
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
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
UK. Faber and Faber. 2012. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, xii + 268 pages, index, bibliography, paperback. Nagaland has been fighting a secret, often brutal, war for independence for more than half a century. Portrayed either as a land of ruthless guerrillas or exotic natives, Nagaland is in fact a complex..... 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
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
United Kingdom: Zed Books Ltd, 1996. x + 246pp, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. A study of the politics of representation which explores the construction of a "city of intensities" - Calcutta. The author analyzes representations of Calcutta in a variety of discourses: in the gossip and traveller-lore..... 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
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1992. Second Edition. 241pp, notes, bibliography, index, inscription half title, dustjacket spine sunned, otherwise very good. "This thought-provoking book reveals important aspects of Indian society, myth, rituals, fables and arts. It looks at Hindu infancy and childhood in order to show how these are shaped within..... 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
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1982. Black and white frontis, xiv + 435pp, references, index, slightly worn dustjacket, now protected, otherwise good. This festshrift for the well known anthropologist Professor Louis Dumont is a collection of essays by 17 scholars on the Brahmanical ideologies of kingship, householdership and renunciation. (When referring to..... 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
New Delhi. Allied Publishers. 2006. xii + 346pp, references, appendices, index, hardback covers a little bumped and rubbed at extremities, publisher's label front free endpaper, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143458). More
Osaka. National Museum of Ethnology. 1993. Maps, black and white illustrations, 320pp, a very good copy. Senri Ethnological Studies series. 10 papers written by Japanese scholars examining the cultural anthropology of Indian society for the National Museum of Ethnology. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143104). 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
