Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Pariyaram M. Chacko -- Tribe, region, and nation in the context of the Indian state / Jaganath Pathy -- Intersections among tribalism, ethnicity, and gender in the light of African data / Edwin S. Segal -- Individual rights versus collective rights : the debate on the Aboriginal peoples of Canada / Toby Morantz -- Meaning and process of tribal integration in a democratic society / B.K. Roy Burman -- Nature and extent of social change in tribal society of eastern India / T.C. Das -- Education and social change among tribals in India / B.V. Shah -- A sociological analysis of political unification among the scheduled tribes of Rajasthan / S.L. Doshi -- Religion of the Bhils : a sociological analysis / Ram Ahuja -- The western romance with the Toda / Anthony R. Walker -- Crime : primitive law and some social anthropologists / I.P. Desai -- The criminal tribes of India / K.M. Kapadia -- Phanse-paradhis of Kolhapur : a tribe in transition / Vilas A. Sangave.