| Description |
1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- FIGURES -- MAPS -- TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- i. Methodological perspectives -- ii. Research procedures -- 1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES -- i. The caste system -- ii. The forest tribes -- iii. Historical sketch of the Hill Pandaram -- 2. THE SETTING -- i. The Ghat forests -- ii. The Hill Pandaram -- introductory notes -- iii. Physical characteristics -- iv. Dispersal -- v. Language and culture -- vi. Land rights of the hill tribes -- vii. The cultural setting -- viii. Tribe or caste? |
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3. ECONOMIC LIFE -- i. The forest settlements -- ii. Forest camps and material culture -- iii. Hunting activities -- iv. The nature and scope of the contractual system -- v. Subsistence food-gathering and the continuity of change -- vi. The forest economy -- some general notes -- 4. PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION -- i. The conjugal bond -- some preliminary remarks -- ii. The system of kinship categories -- iii. Patterns of marriage -- iv. Social structure -- v. Socialization patterns and the life-cycle -- vi. Authority structures -- 5. GROUP STRUCTURE AND SETTLEMENT -- i. Social organization |
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Ii. Camp aggregates and nomadic movements -- iii. Analysis of group structure -- iv. Territory -- v. Settlement and the chang ng pattern of adaptation -- NOTES -- LIST OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000324396 |
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1000324397 |
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