Decisions and analogy : political structure and discourse among the Ho tribals of India

Decisions and analogy : political structure and discourse among the Ho tribals of India

This thesis is an analysis of the political structure of the Austroasiatic Mundari speaking Ho tribals of the Chotanagpur Plateau in southern Bihar, India. Fieldwork was carried out in the Kolhan Government Estate of Singbhum District between September 1972 and January 1974. It is a village study ba...

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Main Author:	Yorke, M. P.
Published:	SOAS, University of London 1976
Subjects:	306
Online Access:	https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.478323

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