Matriliny in Meghalaya: Tradition and Change

by Pariyaram M Chacko

ISBN: 9789390259700
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Imprint : Regency Publications
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 4395.00
Biblio : 126p

Author Profile

Pariyaram M. Chacko after doing his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, has taught in Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, Assam, (Central) University, Silchar, and North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He is former Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Assam, University. He has published several papers. The books by the same author are: Caste, Business and Entrepreneurship in South India, and Hill Cities of Eastern Himalayas (Co-editor) .

About The Book

This volume enables readers to understand in the changing pattern of matrilineal system in the Khasi Hill. Most of the contributors are indigenous scholars who come from within the matrilineal system. This book will be valuable for anyone who is interested in family changes particularly in the matrilineal families and also for sociologists, social anthropologists and historians.