Social Anthropology [Hardcover]

While Social Anthropology is growing in popularity as an academic subject there are few standard books on the subject. The existing books leave a wide gap in the knowledge of the student and the reader. This book seeks to fill in the gap and present a cohensive study of the subject of anthropology from various angles. Anthropology is the study of man in his specific natural and social environment. This book covers the wide spectrum of society and social customs including marriage, kinship, clan, religion and all aspects of political and economic anthropology. For the first time a complete book on social anthropology by a learned academician is presented for the benefit of the students of the subject. About The Author:- Dr. Sachindra Narayan is a senior faculty member in Social Anthropology and Sociology at A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna. A topper of B.A Hons. in Anthropology and an M.A. from the University of Ranchi, he was chief of the SITE programme in Bihar State and received Distinguished Service Award of the Department of Space, Government of India. At present he is the Project Director of Planned Development among Sauria Paharia. He had written about one hundred and fifty articles in national and international academic journals. His books include Sacred Complexes in Deoghar and Rajgir, The Dwindling Hill Tribe, Dimensions of Tribal Development in Bihar and Buddhism at Bodh-Gaya. He is also Co-Research Supervisor on Buddhism of Harvard University, U.S.A. Contents:- Preface • Introduction • Marriage • Family • Kinship • Clan or Sib • Religion • Political Anthropology • Economic Anthropology. The Title 'Social Anthropology written/authored/edited by Dr. S. Narayan', published in the year 2013. The ISBN 9788121202343 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 120 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology / Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-