Tribal Studies In North East India

The impressive collection of papers accommodated in this volume includes sixteen contribution by eminent anthropologists and other social scientists on the demographic features, colourful socio-cultural life, ethnic tensions, folklore, ethno-archaeological aspects, perception of health and illness, developmental issues etc. among a small segments of vast and varied types of the tribal inhabitants of North East India. The book being empirical research based work is expected to attract attention from a wide range of allied academic disciplines, and will be of extremely useful to scholars and academicians who are interested in tribal studies; as well as administrators, planners, policy makers; voluntary agencies and indeed anyone with concern about tribal people of North East India.