M.K. BHASIN AND VEENA BHASIN (University of Delhi, Delhi, India)
2002 • Pages: 177 • Size: 140 × 220 mm •
ISBN 81-85264-29-5 • Binding: Hard •
Price: US $ 25/- Rs. 450/-
India is a multicultural country. Because of its diversity, it provides an ideal situation for undertaking anthropological works. How communities and populations continue to retain their identity, in social and cultural terms on one hand and biological on the other, and how they acquire the characteristics of the others because of cultural borrowing or interbreeding are the questions anthropologists systematically investigate. India offers an ideal case for examining unity in diversity both with biological and socio-cultural perspectives. Keeping this in view, the present book is an attempt to locate certain important features of India and her populations, and their historical and cultural backgrounds. The first part of the book gives an introduction, while its second part is a full-length treatment of the situation in India. The health scenario and population dynamics are also discussed in the second section. This book introduces the reader to the anthropological reality of India.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Indian Population Milieu
History
Skeletal Remains (Hominoid Human)
Dental-Molar Crown
Racial Classifications
INDIA
India
India (After Census of India 1991)
Growth of Population in India
People and India
Regional Groups
Physiography and Natural Regions of India
Climatological Factors and Climatic Regions of India
Political Division of India
Ethnic Groups
Castes
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Communities
Traditional Occupational Groups
Marriage Patterns
Inbreeding
Linguistic Groups
Classification of Indian Languages
Linguistic Regions
Languages Specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India
Religious Groups
Health and Population Dynamics
Population
Density
Age Composition
Sex Composition
Urban-Rural Composition
Occupational Structure
Literacy and Education
Religious Composition
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Birth and Death Rates
Health
Women and Health
Nutrition and Health
Health Problems in India
Causes of Death (Rural)
State-wise Analysis of Major Cause-groups
Age and Sex Distribution
Health Care System
APPENDIX
I. List of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of India
II. List of Identified PrimitiveTribal Groups of India
III. Zones, States and Districts in India
REFERENCES
INDEX
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