Caste and kin in Nepal, India and Ceylon : anthropological studies in Hindu-Buddhist contact zones. / edited by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
1966, First Edition. London : Asia Publishing House. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395280
Physical description; viii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Notes
Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction, by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf -- Unity and diversity in the Chetri caste of Nepal, by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf -- Social mobility in the Newar caste system, by C. Rosser -- Caste concepts and status distinctions in Buddhist communities of Western Nepal, by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf -- Tribe-caste mobility in India and the case of Kumaon Bhotias, by R.P. Srivastava -- A plural society in Sikkim --- A study of the interrelations oLepchas, Bhotias and Nepalis, by Chie Nakane -- Polyandry in Ceylon --- with special reference to the Laggala region, by S.J. Tambiah. Subjects; Caste Nepal. Caste India. Caste Sri Lanka.
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