Table of Contents

Series Note - B S Baviskar
Foreword - K S Singh
Introduction - Pariyaram M Chacko
Tribe, Region and Nation in the Context of the Indian State - Jaganath Pathy
Intersections among Tribalism, Ethnicity and Gender in the Light of African Data - Edwin S Segal
Individual Rights versus Collective Rights: The Debate on the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada - Toby Morantz
Meaning and Process of Tribal Integration in a Democratic Society - B K Roy Burman
Nature and Extent of Social Change in Tribal Society of Eastern India - T C Das
Education and Social Change among Tribals in India - B V Shah
A Sociological Analysis of Political Unification among the Scheduled Tribes of Rajasthan - S L Doshi
Religion of the Bhils: A Sociological Analysis - Ram Ahuja
The Western Romance with the Toda - Anthony R Walker
Crime: Primitive Law and Some Social Anthropologists - I P Desai
The Criminal Tribes of India - K M Kapadia
Phnse-Paradhis of Kolhapur: A Tribe in Transition - Vilas A Sangave
Related Readings in the Sociological Bulletin
Index

About the Author

Pariyaram M Chacko after doing M.A. and Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, has taught postgraduate students for over 25 years. He is currently Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, in North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He was formerly Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Assam University, Silchar. He has published several research papers in journals and books. His books are Caste, Business and Entrepreneurship in South India; Matriliny in Meghalaya: Tradition and Change (ed.); and Hill Cities of Eastern Himalayas (co-edited).