Studies in Anthropology : Recent Perspectives : Commemoration Volume in Honour of Professor B.M. Das/edited by Sarthak Sengupta. 1997, 399 p.
Contents: Preface. I. 1. New Horizons in biological anthropology/Indera P. Singh. 2. Anthropological considerations on the distribution of the diego blood group system/Hubert Walter. 3. Ethnogenesis of Indian muslims/S.H.M. Rizvi and Shibani Roy. 4. Palmar creases : a review/T. Shyamacharan Singh. 5. Health status of Indian tribes : an overview/G.C. Ghosh. 6. Morbidity experience and health care use among the lepchas : a micro-level study of two religious groups/Barun Mukhopadhyay. 7. Population affinities based on environmentally sensitive anthropometric variables: a study among nine telugu populations with contrasting socio-economic and physical activity backgrounds/B. Mohan Reddy, A. Nirmala and P. Chengal Reddy. 8. Segregation distortion of ABO blood groups in a Bengalee population/A.R. Banerjee, S.C. Pal and A.R. Bandyopadhyay. 9. Genetic markers in red blood cells of the people of north-east India : a glance/Renuka Das. 10. History of population genetic research on globin gene distribution in northeast India/Ranjan Deka. 11. Origin of high frequency of Haemoglobin E in the bodo populations of northeast India/Gebhard Flatz. 12. Bio-anthropological profile of Meghalaya/A.K. Ghosh and R. Khongsdier. 13. Physical anthropology of the Koch Population of Assam, India/Sarthak Sengupta. II. 14. Ethnicity and integration : India/Ajit K. Danda. 15. Emerging patterns of forest management in India : problems and opportunities/Kailash C. Malhotra. 16. Retirement planning and adjustment : posing some relevant questions/Mitali Das and Amitabha Basu. 17. The aged population of north-east India : some perspectives/Deepak Tyagi. 18. Perceptions and policies concerning access of tribal communities of north-east India to land and land-based resources/B.K. Roy Burman. 19. Classification and interpretation of traditional narratives : some problems/Birendranath Datta. 20. Drug addiction : a north-east scenario/Jeuti Barooah. 21. Some aspects of social relations in a peri-urban assamese Muslim community/A.N.M. Irshad Ali. 22. Tea plantation labour in Assam : some anthropological observations/R.K. Kar. 23. Political organization of the small tribal group : the Tarao case/R.K. Ranjit Singh. III. 24. Academic profile of Professor B.M. Das. Works of Professor B.M. Das. Index.
"The volume covers a wide canvass. The articles included in this volume have been arranged into three broad sections: issues concerning biological and social anthropology and a brief academic profile of Professor Das. Bringing together the empirical work of researchers from a variety of disciplines, the coverage of topics and their discussion relate to studies on globin gene ethnogenesis, serology, dermatoglyphic biodemography, health status, morbidity pattern, nutritional anthropology, forest management, ethnicity, gerontology, effect of industrialization, folkloristics, drug abuse etc." (jacket)