Best Anthropology Books for UPSC

Paper – I

1.      Ember and Ember –Anthropology

2.      D.N Mazumdar and T.N. Madan– Introduction to Social Anthropology

3.      Ferraro, Gary –Cultural Anthropology – An Applied Perspective

4.      Malefijt –Images of Man, A History of Anthropological Thought

5.      Alan Barnard –History and Theory in Anthropology

6.      Robert Jurmain –Essentials of Physical Anthropology

7.      John H. Relethford –Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology

Paper –II

1.      D.K. Bhattacharya –An Outline of Indian Prehistory

2.      Irawati Karve –Hindu Society-An Interpretation

3.      Stephen A. Tyler– India: An Anthropological Perspective

4.      Fuller, C.J – Caste. In V. Das (Ed.),The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology.

5.      M.N. Srinivas– India: Social Structure

6.      L.P. Vidyarthi– The Rise of Anthropology in India

7.      Nadeem Hasnain– Indian Anthropology

8.      Buddhadeb Chaudhuri-  Tribal Development in India – Problems and Prospects

9.      L.P. Vidyarthi –The Tribal Culture of India

10.  Xaxa, V – Tribes in India. In V. Das (Ed.),The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology.

In addition, read the reports of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for development programmes. For case studies, refer the anthropological and social science journals likeMan in India, Eastern anthropologist, the Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, Economic and Political Weekly, Social Changeetc.

Dr. G.V Ramana, Ph.D. in Anthropology

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