Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von  Furer-Haimendorf, Elizabeth von <br/><br/>
The gonds of Andhra Pradesh: tradition and change in an Indian tribe 

 - United Kingdom --   Routledge --   2022 
 - ix, 569p. 
<br/><br/> Preface. <br/><br/>1. The Gonds in History and Literature <br/><br/>2. The Material and Cultural Environment <br/><br/>3. The Settlement Pattern <br/><br/>4. The Village as a Social Unit <br/><br/>5. The Neighbourhood <br/><br/>6. Phratries – The Main Pillars of the Social Structure <br/><br/>7. The Clan System <br/><br/>8. The Feudal System – Past and Present <br/><br/>9. Pardhans – The Bards of the Gonds <br/><br/>10. Tribal Justice and Social Values <br/><br/>11. The Mythological Foundations of the Social Order <br/><br/>12. The Early Phases of Life <br/><br/>13. Avenues to Marriage <br/><br/>14. Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance <br/><br/>15. The Kinship System <br/><br/>16. Death and the Cult of the Dead <br/><br/>17. Farming – The Basis of Gond Economy <br/><br/>18. Religious Beliefs and Practices <br/><br/>19. The Cult of the Clan Deities <br/><br/>20. The Changing Fortunes of the Adilabad Gonds. <br/><br/>Glossary. <br/><br/>Bibliography. <br/><br/>Index.<br/> 
<br/><br/> The author's long-standing familiarity with many individual Gonds has allowed him to draw in this book, originally published in 1979, an intimate picture of the life of a specific village community and to trace the fates of individual men and women over a long stretch of time. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781032156590 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gond (Indic people)<br/>Andhra Pradesh<br/>Social conditions<br/>India
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.29 FUR/G