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Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde J. A. Dubois Translated from the French by Henry K. Beauchamp. OL1078165W
Pilgrimage and power Pilgrimage and power Kama Maclean "Today the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, is a major Hindu religious pilgrimage and the largest religious gathering in the world. In 2001, according to the government of Uttar Pradesh, 30 million pi… OL13613439W
Centres out there? Centres out there? Hermann Kulke Contributed articles presented at the fourth Salzau conference in 2003. OL16015737W
Embroidery from India and Pakistan Embroidery from India and Pakistan Sheila Paine "Focusing on over twenty textiles from the British Museum's fabulous collection, this book explores the wonderful folk embroidery of India and Pakistan - in particular the domestic work made by women… OL1733748W
People of India People of India K. Suresh Singh Ethnological study. OL1763916W
Embodiment Embodiment Meenakshi Thapan Papers presented at an international workshop held in 1994. OL18334401W
Telling lives in India Telling lives in India Arnold, David,Stuart H. Blackburn Contributed articles drawn from a workshop held at the British Library on May 15-17, 2000. OL19167559W
Social conflict Social conflict Satish Saberwal,N. Jayaram Contributed articles. OL19230260W
Daddyji Daddyji Ved Mehta Biographical portrait of the author's father Amolak Ram Mehta (Daddyji), b. 1895, distinguished Indian public health officer. OL19663540W
Biting through the skin Biting through the skin Nina Mukerjee Furstenau,Nina Furstenau At once a traveler's tale, a memoir, and a mouthwatering cookbook, Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant's perspective on growing up in America's heartland. OL19706139W
The sun in the morning The sun in the morning M.M. Kaye After 77 pages of family background--her mother was the daughter of a China-based missionary and her father was a British army officer--bestselling novelist Kaye ( The Far Pavilions ), at age 82, rec… OL1985697W
Delirious Delhi Delirious Delhi Dave Praeger "When the Big Apple no longer felt big enough, Dave Prager and his wife, Jenny, moved to a city of sixteen million people-with seemingly twice as many honking horns. This book, is Dave's top-to-botto… OL19965782W
The end of karma The end of karma Somini Sengupta "A penetrating, personal look at contemporary India--the world's largest democracy at a moment of transition. Somini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning… OL20026343W
White Mughals White Mughals William Dalrymple "James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Khair un-Nissa - "Most Excellent among Women" - the great-niece of the Nizam's pri… OL2322471W
Mitch Epstein Mitch Epstein Mitch Epstein "These pictures, made in the seventies and eighties, offer a window onto the beginning and breadth of Mitch Epstein's career. Most of these photographs are previously unpublished - culled from a body… OL3275783W
The Hmars of Manipur The Hmars of Manipur Vijay Prakash Sharma Sociocultural life of the Hmar people of Manipur and Mizoram, India. OL3882446W
The Customs of the Kingdoms of India The Customs of the Kingdoms of India Marco Polo As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of … OL575871W
Community and public culture Community and public culture Anne Hardgrove Adroitly and effectively combining historical and anthropological approaches, this study examines the growth and character of Marwari identity as it developed among migrants from Rajasthan who grew t… OL5765744W
Journeys to the edge Journeys to the edge Peter M. Gardner "Gardner offers a vicarious anthropological experience as he describes his research trips to study the Paliyans of the tropical forests of India, the Dene in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and … OL5836981W
India in color India in color Claude Soleillant Suggests activities, foods, and handicrafts with an Indic theme. OL6511157W
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