00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094726.0 260919s2018 ii 00 0 eng d 9789388162050 GN635.I4K86 2018 305.800954 23 Neelam Kumari Ethnic Identity, Ethnicity and Social Structure in Indian Tribes / Neelam Kumari. New Delhi 2018. 240 pages Perhaps more than in any other part of the world, India is a country where people have come to acquire multiple identities based on region, language, religion, etc. Each set of these and other identities corresponding to a distinct set of social relations, i.e., a distinct social structure. However, there are threads which bind many of them together. Therefore understanding Indian social structure is necessary because it explains our relations with each other in society. It tells us what kind of social institutions exist in society and how they got modified over a period of time. There may be a high correlation between ethnicity and class, which means that there is a high likelihood that persons belonging to specific ethnic groups also belong to specific social classes. The present book reveals the contemporary position of Indian tribes in respect of nature, degree of change and development on the one hand and their subsequent state of integration on the other. This book addresses topics that are of enduring interest to students and teachers in the social sciences. Tribes—India. Ethnicity—India. Social structure—India. RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal bisacsh