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ANT-HC-3016 

Tribes and Peasants in India 

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2) 

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Suggested Readings 

1. Gupta D. (1991).Social Stratification. Oxford University Press: Delhi. 

2. Madan V. (2002). The Village in India. Oxford University Press: Delhi. 

3. Nathan D. (1998). Tribe-Caste Question.Simla: IIAS. 

4. National Tribal Policy (draft). (2006). Ministry of Tribal Affairs.Government of India. 

5. Patnaik S.M. (1996). Displacement, Rehabilitation and Social change. Inter India Publication, 

Delhi. 

6. Shah G. (2002). Social Movement and the State. Delhi: Sage. 

7. Shanin T. (1987). Peasants and Peasantry Societies. New York, Blackwell. 

8. Vidyarthi L.P. and Rai B.K. (1985) Tribal Culture in India, New Delhi, Concept Publishing 

Company. 

9. Wolf E. (1966). Peasants. NJ, Prentice Hall.

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ANT-HC-3026 

Human Ecology: Biological & Cultural dimensions

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

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Suggested Reading 

1. Human ecology: Biocultural Adaptation in Human Communities. (2006) Schutkowski, H. 

Berlin. Springer Verlag. 

2. Human ecology and cognitive style: comparative studies in cultural and physical adaptation. 

(1976).Berry, J.B. New York: John Wiley. 

3. Human ecology. (1964) Stapledon.Faber & Faber. 

4. Studies in Human Ecology. (1961) Theodorson, G.A. Row, Peterson & Company Elmsford, 

New York. 

5. Human ecology: (1973) Problems and Solutions. Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich and John P. 

Holdress.W.H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco. 

6. Cohen, Yehudi A. 1968. Man in adaptation; the cultural present. Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co. 

7. Redfield, Robert. (1965). Peasent society and culture an anthropological approach to 

civilization. Chicago [u.a.]: Univ. of Chicago Press. 

8. Symposium on Man the Hunter, Richard B. Lee, and Irven Devore. 1969. Man the hunter. 

Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co.

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ANT-HC-3036 

Biological Diversity in Human Populations 

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

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Suggested readings: 

1. Baker P.T. and J.S. Weiner (ed.) (1996) The Biology of Human Adaptability. Oxford & 

New York, Oxford University Press. 

2. Bhende A. and T. Kantikar (2006) Principles of Population Studies. Himalayan Publishing 

House, Mumbai 

3. Bogin B. (1999). Pattern of Human Growth.2nd edition CUP. 

4. Cameron Noel and Barry Bogin (2012) Human Growth and development. Second 

edition, Academic Press Elsevier. 

5.  Eckhardt R.B.(1979) The Study of Human Evolution. Mc Grand Hill Book Company, 

USA. 

6.  Frisancho R.(1993) Human Adaptation and Accommodation. Univ, of Michigan press 

7.   Harrison G.A., Tanner, J.M., Pilbeam, D.R., Baker, P.T. (1988) Human Biology. Oxford 

University Press. 

8.  Jurmain Robert, Lynn kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, and Ciochon (2010). Introduction to 

Physical Anthropology. Wadsworth Publishing, USA. 

9.  Kapoor A.K. and SatwantiKapoor (ed) (1995). Biology of Highlanders. Jammu, Vinod 

Publisher & Distributor. 

10. Kapoor A.K. and SatwantiKapoor (eds) (2004) India’s Elderly-A Multidisciplinary 

Dimension. Mittal Publication, New Delhi. 

11. Klepinge L.L. (2006). Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology. John Willey & Sons., 

New Delhi.

Jersey. 

12. Malhotra K.C. and B. Balakrishnan(1996) Human Population Genetics in India 

13. Malina Robert M., Claude. Bouchard, Oded. Bar-Or. (2004) Growth, and Physical 

activity. 

Human Kinetics. 

14. Stanford C., Allen, S.J. and Anton, C.S. (2013): Biological Anthropology. 3rd edition, 

Pearson, USA.

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ANT-HG-3016             

ArchaeologicalAnthropology 

Credit 6   (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

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Suggested Readings 

Allchin and Allchin (1993). The Rise of Civilization of India and Pakistan. Cambridge 

University Press. 

Bhattacharya D.K. (1978). Emergence of Culture in Europe, Delhi, B.R. Publication. 

Bhattacharya D.K. (1979). Old Stone Age Tools and Techniques. Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi 

Company 

Bhattacharya D.K. (1996). Palaeolithic Europe. Netherlands, Humanities Press. 

Champion et al. (1984). Prehistoric Europe.New York, Academic Press. 

Fagan B.M. (1983). People of Earth: An Introduction. Boston, Little, Brown & 

Company. 

Phillipson D. W. (2005).African Archaeology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 

Sankalia H.D. (1964). Stone Age Tools.Poona Deccan College 

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ANT-SE-3014 

Tourism Anthropology 

Credit: 4

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uggested Readings 

1. Chambers E. (2000). Native Tours: The Anthropology of Travel and Tourism. Prospect 

Heights: Waveland. 

2. Crick M. (1995). The Anthropologist as Tourist: An Identity in Question. In Lanfant MF, 

Allcock JB, Bruner EM (eds.)International Tourism: Identity and Change. London: 

Sage. pp. 205-223. 

3. Dann GMS, Nash D and Pearce PL. (1988). Methodology in Tourism Research. Annals 

of Tourism Research. 15:1-28. 

4. Gmelch SB. (2004). Tourists and Tourism: A Reader. Long Grove: Waveland. 

5. Graburn NHH. (1977). Tourism: The Sacred Journey. Hosts and Guests: The 

Anthropology of Tourism.Valene L. Smith, ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 

Press. Pp. 33-47.  

6. Dann G. (2002). The Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World. Wallingford: CAB 

International. 

7. Nash D. (1996). Anthropology of Tourism. New York: Pergamon. 

8. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett B.(1998). Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage. 

University of California Press. 

9. Lippard LR. (1999). On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place. New Press. 

10. Picard M and Wood R. (1997). Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific 

Societies.University of Hawai Press. 

11. Crick M. (1994). Anthropology and the Study of Tourism: Theoretical and Personal 

Reflections. In Crick M (eds.). Resplendent Sites, Discordant Voices: Sri Lankans and 

International Tourism.Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Publishers. 

12. Wood R. (1997). Tourism and the State: Ethnic Options and the Construction of 

Otherness. In Picard and Wood Tourism, Ethnicity and the State in Asian and Pacific 

Societies.University of Hawai Press. 

13. Richard B. (1992). Alternative Tourism: The Thin Edge of the Wedge. In Valene Smith 

and Eadington Tourism (eds.). Alternatives: Potentials and Problems in the Development 

of Tourism. University of Pennsylvania Press. 

14. Hitchcock. (1997). Cultural, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism among 

the Kalahari. In Chambers E (eds.) Tourism and Culture: An Applied Perspective. SUNY 

Press. 

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