Jaintias: Studies in Society and Change

by Lamare, Shobhan N

ISBN: 9789390259595
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Imprint : Regency Publications
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5895.00
Biblio : xvi+149p 23 cm

Author Profile

Dr. S. N. Lamare was born at Jowai, in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya. He did his early schooling in Jowai and later graduate from St. Edmund’s College, Shillong with honours in History. He finished his M.A. in History from the North Eastern Hill University. He was awarded the M.Phil degree in 1995 from the same University for his research on The Cultural Transition of the Pnars from the Middle of the 19th Century to the First Half of the 20th Century. The North Eastern Hill University awar

About The Book

This book The Jaintias: Studies in Society and Change has been the outcome of a long and exhaustive research that was carried out since 1992. Since written information on the people in study in so limited, a lot of stress in being laid on interview and field study. The oral traditions and folklores of the people have been used in the best possible way to drive information. <BR> The book also makes an attempt to throw more light on the migration, economy, political institutions, religion, marriag