Tribal Transformation in India: Economy and agrarian issues

Book excerpt: The book is significantly compartmentalised into five sections, of course with Economy and Agrarian problems remaining the underlying core. The first part deals with the patterns of tribal economy. A broadly generalised miconcpetion that the tribals are homogenous in nature is tellingly exploded to be the myth it really is. Tribal economy is extremely diversified and this section does underscore this aspect. A chapter in this section has examined the roel and position of tribal women, as well as their participation in activies in the context of socio-economic change. Land plays a crucial role in tribal economy. The majority of the tribla population depend on land for their survival. Part II deals with land and tribal economy. The articles in this section deal exclusively with different aspects of land in relation to tribal economy.