Conjugal units and single persons : an analysis of the social system of the Naiken of the Nilgiris (South India)

The thesis is concerned with the tribal Naiken who inhabit forested areas in the Nilgiri region of South India. It is based on participant-observation in one local group comprising 69 people. The group subsist on food-gathering and trade in minor forest produce, combined with wage labour in a nearby...

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Main Author: Bird, N.
Published: University of Cambridge 1983
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596652