List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Family Systems in India The Dominance of Nuclear Family: Christian and Namboodiri Families in Kerala Family Solidarity among the Jains of India: A Study in the Family, Kin and Sub-Caste Relationship Beyond the Nuclear Family: The Continuing Importance of Extended Kinship Bonds in Kolkata The Tribal Family in Jharkhand: Continuity and Change The Indian Tribal Family Family Relations, social Pressure and Change among the Paliyans: Forest Adivasi of South India The Muslim Family and Consanguineous Marriage Patterns in Karnataka: A Focus on Household, Religion and Socioeconomic Change Sikh Religion and the Family A Maharashtrian Buddhist Family: The Kambles of Pune Religion and Family in Buddhist Lepcha Society of the Eastern Himalayas The Anglo Indians Family Women in Kolkata: Roles, Careers and Equity in Calcutta Decision-Making Power in Bengali Households Religious Ideology and Family Relationships Feminism, Family and Social Change: Myths and Models The Breakthrough Generation: Dalit youth in Contemporary India Directions in Family Research in India, 1920-2001: A Bibliography Index
