Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan InterfaceJames F. Fisher Mouton, 1978 - 567 pages |
Contents
Fourfold Classifications of Society in the Himalayas | 7 |
Kinship and Culture in the Himalayan Region | 27 |
A Cultural Subspecies | 43 |
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