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The paper captioned “Sociology of Tribal Society” is taught in almost all the Universities of India. The aim of this paper is to introduce to the students the nature and characteristics of tribal society. It exposes the students of sociology to various cultural aspects of tribal life, their problems and development issues.

This book is written keeping in view the students of sociology, studying at graduate, post graduate M. Phil and Ph.D. level. It covers the entire syllabus of sociology of tribes. The book will also be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Social work, Political science, economics and tribal studies.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Sociology of tribal society: an overview. 2. Understanding the tribal society. 3. Demographic profile of tribals. 4. Tribal family, clan and status of tribal women. 5. The institution of marriage among tribals. 6. Tribal economy, religion and political organization. 7. Problems of tribals. 8. Tribal social change. 9. Tribal movements. 10. Traditional Panchayats in tribal communities: an overview. 11. Ethnographic profile of tribe Warli, Koli Mahadeo, Katkari, Kolam, Gond and Korku. References.