Abstract
DR. PANT'S book, an account of a too-little known people of the Kumaon Himalayas, is a serious contribution to the social anthropology of Indian peoples by one of themselves, based upon nearly five years of first-hand observation and investigation. The author gives a detailed account of the social and economic institutions of the Bhotiyas and other peoples of the district under survey, their methods of agriculture, their industries, trading activities, recreations and religious festivals. The governing factor in their economy is a climatic environment which makes of them seasonal nomads, migrating from lowland to upland and back as winter changes to summer and then returns—a mode of existence of special interest to both anthropologist and geographer.
The Social Economy of the Himalayans:
based on a Survey in the Kumaon Himalayas. By Dr. S. D. Pant. Pp. 264 + 23 plates. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1935.) 15s. net.
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The Social Economy of the Himalayans:. Nature 137, 641 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137641b0
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