Author: A. N. Sharma
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111250
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Focues sensitively sedentrized life and changing scenario of socio-demographic and health practices profile including maternal and child health practices, environmental sanitation, sanitary habits and their personal hygiene etc. It contains fifteen chapters, in which twelve different aspects of sendentrized or semi-nomadic life have been covered. In view of its multi-disciplinary nature would be of immense help and use to general readers, academicians, socio-cultural anthropologists, medical anthropologists and researchers.
Author: A. N. Sharma
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176257244
Category : Indigenous peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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This Book Is Collection Of 25 Research Papers/ Articles Focused On Different Aspect Indigenous Health Care Practices Among Different Population Group Of Different Part Of India, Romania And Pacific Regions Like Australia, Polynesia And Melanesia. The Ethno-Medicine Used Among Various Populations For Cure Of Different Ailments Are Recorded And Documented In Many Of The Papers/Articles Included In The Book. Beside That Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Related To Different Kind Of Health Care Is Also Highlighted. In Various Primitive Groups The Supernatural Causes And Practices Are The Part Of Health Care. The Impact Of Modernization, Industrialization And Globalization Has Both Positive And Negative Impact On Indigenous Knowledge And Many Such Practices Are Going To Be Extinct.The Book Is A Humble Attempt In The Direction Of Preservation Or Conservation Of Indigenous Knowledge And Practices. The Book Is Multidisciplinary In Nature; It Would Be Supportive For Researchers Working In The Same Direction. Simultaneously, It Would Be Helpful For Academicians, Policy Planners, Health Administrators And Pharmaceutical Researches, Medical Practiceners, Students Of Medicine, Pharmacy, Anthropology & Sociology.
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Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172112486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The book is an attempt to look at the traditional watermill or gharat of the Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh in order to create an understanding of its importance, problems and solutions of such technologies Pradesh.
Author: Premananda Panda (Anthropologist)
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111724
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Salient Features Recorded the unrecorded past and reconstructed the socio-political nexus through the game of political dominance and territorial expansion. - Unmasked the reality of tribal politics through theories and models explaining the hierarchy of power that roots in peoples-history on land, forest, water and deities. - Unveiled the careful engineering of the socio-cultural matrix explaining the principles of primitive state formation. - Explained the power vestige and help readers know the modern political system as a process of reorientation of forms and contents at the grassroots. - Advocated that nothing escapes from politics-be it strategies for achieving power and/or maintenance of dominance. - The cross-cultural comparison enhances the power of analysis of students, scholars, teachers, developers and government officials who love to benefit from stratagems and spoils of political change.
Author: Sameera Maiti
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111564
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Salient Features Presents a comprehensive, indepth and updated socio-cultural profile of the Tharu and their habitat. - Indepth documentation of various facets of all activities that can be clubbed as artistic, since it takes into consideration the term arts and crafts in its widest sense. - Analyses importance of arts and crafts and its functional place in a society. - Unique book containing numerous colour, black & white photographs, line drawings and illustrative tables at appropriate places, which makes it vivid and comprehensible. - Suggests ways in which the various indigenous artistic activities can be innovated upon to create exquisite marketable products which would be economically viable for the tribals. - Helpful bible for welfare and development agencies who can derive from this microscopic study to formulate macroscopic welfare programmes.
Author: Bijon Gopal Banerjee
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Watershed management is the rational utilization of land and water resources for optimum production with minimum hazard to natural resources. Discussed at length on: - Conceptual issues like watershed management, development, people's participation and voluntary agency organisation. - History of development of voluntary action and government's interaction with non-governmental organisations (NGOs). - Some case studies relating to micro-watershed projects and the role of NGOs. - Impact of watershed management project on role of women. This book would be of much use to social scientists, research scholars, policy makers, planners, decision.
Author: R. K. Pathak
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172112257
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Themes included are:¿Issues on Health and Disease Approaches¿Health and Health Care Systems: Socio-cultural and Ecological Dimension¿Nutrition, Human Growth and Development¿Health and Mental Illness¿Contemporary Issues in Tribal Health and Care of the AgedContributors are from ¿Academic and research institutions of various States and Union Territories¿Subject specialists from different fields such as ¿Anthropology¿Biochemistry¿Bio-medicine ¿Community medicine¿Demography ¿Geography¿Home science¿Indigenous System of Medicine¿Ayurveda ¿Microbiology ¿ Pediatrics¿Philosophy¿Psychiatry and Social Psychology¿Covers a variety of therapies ranging from traditional to modern therapy for curing illness and disease¿Research Papers have been reviewed by the subject specialists¿Useful for the academicians from the fields of anthropology, sociology, psychology, home science, medical professionals, social scientists, administrators, planners, NGOs, teachers and students of various disciplines, and the broad spectrum of scholars interested in the science of man.
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai Bahadur)
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Author: A. N. Sharma
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Category : Kucabandiyā (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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The Present Book Is A Product Of Intensive Fieldwork Conducted Among The Kuchbandiyas Of Shahgarh Area Of Sagar District Of Madhya Pradesh, India. The Objective Of The Study Is To Focus Socio-Demographic, Reproductive And Child Health Care Practices Among The Denotified (Ex-Criminal) Kuchbandiyas Of Shahgarh. They Are Previously Known As Criminal Community And Later As Notified Tribe Or Class. The Authors Highlight The Socio-Demographic, Reproductive And Child Health Care Practices Profile Including Poverty And Living Standard, Environmental Sanitation, Sanitary Habits And Personal Hygiene, Fertility Aspects, Morbidity And Mortality Aspects, Indigenous Health Practices, Feeding Practices And Child Immunization, Utilization Of Health And Family Welfare Services Etc. The Book Contains Thirteen Chapters, In Which Approximate Ten Different Aspects Of Kuchbandiyas Life Have Been Covered. In View Of Its Multi-Disciplinary Nature, The Book, Which Is First Of Its Kind, Would Be Of Immense Help And Use To General Readers, Academicians, Socio-Cultural Anthropologists, Medical Anthropologists And Researchers.
