introduction. PART 1: REGIONAL VARIETIES: NORTH AND SOUTH:
1. Karve, Irawati; The Kinship Map of India.
2. Trautmann, Thomas R.; The Study of Dravidian Kinship. -4. Dumont, Louis; North India in Relation to South India. PART 2: DESCENT GROUPS AND THE KINDRED: 5. Shah, A.M.; Lineage Structure and Change in a Gujarat Village. 6. Gough, E. Kathleen; Brahman Kinship in a Tamil Village. 7. Nongbri, Tiplut; Gender and the Khasi Family Structure. 8. Hershman, Paul; Relatives and the Kindred in the Punjabi Kinship System. 9. Das, Veena; Masks and faces: an Essay on Punjabi Kinship. PART 3: MARRIAGE, ALLIANCE, AND AFFINAL TRANSACTIONS: 10. Gough, E. Kathleen; The Nayars and the definition of Marriage. 11. Berreman, Gerald D.; Himalayan Polyandry and the Domestic Cycle. 12. Trautmann, Thomas R.; Marriage Rules and patterns of Marriage in the Dravidian Kinship Region. 13. Madan, T.N.; The Structural Implications of Marriage in North India: Wife-givers and Wife-takers among the Pandits of Kashmir. 14. Donnan, Hastings; Marriage Preferences among the Dhund of Northern Pakistan. 15. Pocock, D.F.; The hypergamy of the Patidars. 16. Sharma, Ursula; Dowry in North India: its Consequences for Women. 16. Caplan, Lionel; Bridegroom Price in Urban India: Caste, Class and 'Dowry Evil' among Christians in Madras. PART 4: FAMILY, HOUSEHOLD AND SOCIAL CHANGE: 17. Wadley, Susan S. and Bruce W. Deer; Karimpur Families over Sixty Years. 18. Madan, T.N.; The Hindu Family and Development. 19. Béteille, André; The Family and the Reproduction of Inequality. 20. Sen, Amartya; Reproduction of Inequality Economic and the Family