Dynamics of Social Formation among The Lepchas
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8187606932
Length
xxii+223p., Figures; Tables; Map; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
Subjects
This book on Lepchas is outstanding because it differentiates the administrative and anthropological concepts of tribe and examines both critically. In the theoretical front, the book considers two important concepts: social formation (as propounded by Marx) and social embeddedness (as development by Polanyi) as relevant in identifying a tribe. It observes that theoretically social formation is often a concrete combination of different modes of production ...
