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Frontmatter – TABLE OF CONTENTS – Introduction – A Study of Kinship Groups in the R?m??aya of V?lm?ki – Family Structure in the Hindu Society of Rural India – The Structural Features of the Tribal Families in India – Matrilineal Joint Family Patterns in India – Marriage and Family in the Polyandrous Khasa Tribe of Jaunsar-Bawar – Himalayan Ecology and Family Religious Variation – Kinship in an Indian Village – Family Types and Industrialization in India – The Interdependence of Elementary and Extended Family – Some Possible Variations in Family Types in Gujarat – Contemporary Nayar Family in Kerala – Modernization and Social Change – The Family and Kin Network in Urban India – Some Social Differences in Family Patterns in Bombay – Changes in the Size and Composition of the Household Brought about by Urbanization in Delhi Area – Age at Marriage Historical Obstacles to Needed Reforms – Comments on the Experiences of Some Couples who Married before the Age of Fourteen in Kerala State – Kinship and Marriage Regulations among the Namboodiri Brahmans of Kerala – Marriage and Family among Muslims of Bihar – Heterosexual Friendships and Involvement in Mate Selection Process of Primary and Secondary Teacher Trainees in Ahemadabad – Modern Trends in Mate Selection and Marriage with Special Reference to Kerala – Family Organization and Change among the Overseas Indians with Special Reference to Indian Immigrant Families of British Columbia, Canada