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Crawford, T. C. (Foreword)

Hand-Book of Castes and Tribes Employed on Tea Estates in North-East India; Compiled in the Office of the Secretaries of the Tea Districts Association, Calcutta, and Printed for Private Circulation Only

1924

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Year of publication
1924
Place of printing
Calcutta. Tea Districts Labour Association
Author
Crawford, T. C. (Foreword)
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia tea
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; [ii], ii, [ii], 360 pp, tables, bibliog, index. original brown cloth with gilt title lettering, stain on lower front cover & lower blank endpaper, very good, interior clean, with a tipped in note from T. Darcey, 'The information appears accurate & carefully compiled. I know the author. . '. A picture Part I describes the religions of the area in some detail (Animism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikh religion, Mohammedanism), marriage, races of India and origin. Part Ii is on the castes and tribes, organized by language (Dravidian, Kolarian, Uriya, Bengali, Hindi), with details, statistics, customs, etc on each. There are appendices on medical opinions relating to the settlement and acclimatization of labour in different areas, immigration, distribution of castes, etc.