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Books suggested for Civil Services Exams

Anthropology
Suggested Anthropology Books for Paper I Books for (Part I) (Upto Topic 7) 1. Beattie : Other Cultures 2. Beals & Hoijer/ : An Introduction to Anthropology 3. Haviland : An Introduction to Anthropology 4. Vaid : Economy and Social Relations 5. U.S. Mishra : An Introduction to Social-Cultural Anthropology (in Hindi) 6. Mishra & Hasnain : Unifying Anthropology 7. Honigman : he World of Man 8. Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology 9. Majumdar & Madan : An Introduction to Social Anthropology 10.Sagar Preet : Basic Concepts in Sociology and Anthropology 11.Abhik Ghosh : Meetings with the Other (on Fieldwork Techniques) 12.Gaya and Pandey : Cultural Anthropology

Books for (Part II) 1. Harrison et. al : Human Biology 2. Shukla & Rastogi : Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics 3. Stein & Rowe : An Introduction to Physical Anthropology 4. Vaid & Pandey : Jaivik Manavshastra (in Hindi) 5. B. Janusch : Origins of Man 6. Virender Kumar : Evolution of Genus Homo 7. Surender Nath : Forensic Anthropology 8. Surender Nath : Nutritional Anthropology

9. M. Harris : Rise of Anthropological Theory 10.U.S. Misra : Anthropological Thought (in Hindi) 11.Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology 12.Booklet published by Jawahar Publishers Suggested IAS Anthropology Books for Paper II 1. NCERT : Indian Society, Social Change 2. Bhattacharya, D.K. : An Outline of Indian Prehistory 3. Srinivas : Caste in India & Other Essays 4. Srinivas : Social Change in Modern India 5. Y. Singh : Modernisation of Indian Tradition 6. Vidyarthi & Rai : Tribal Cultures of India 7. N. Hasnain : Indian Anthropology 8. N. Hasnain : Tribal India 9. R.C. Verma : Indian Tribes 10.Vaid : Who Cares for Tribal Development (Hindi & English) 11.A.L. Basham : The Wonder that was India 12.G.S. Bhatt : Bharatiya Samajik Vichar (in Hindi) 13.Sagar Preet : Reservation for Backward Classes a Perspective Topic Wise Reference Books on Anthropology Anthropology Books for Paper I (Part I) (Upto Topic 7) 1. Beattie : Other Cultures 2. Beals & Hoijer/ : An Introduction to Anthropology 3. Haviland : An Introduction to Anthropology 4. Vaid : Economy and Social Relations 5. U.S. Mishra : An Introduction to Social-Cultural Anthropology (in Hindi) 6. Mishra & Hasnain : Unifying Anthropology

7. Honigman : he World of Man 8. Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology 9. Majumdar & Madan : An Introduction to Social Anthropologyv 10.Sagar Preet : Basic Concepts in Sociology and Anthropology 10.Abhik Ghosh : Meetings with the Other (on Fieldwork Techniques) Anthropology Books Paper I (Part II) 1. 1. Harrison et. al : Human Biology 2. Shukla & Rastogi : Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics 3. Stein & Rowe : An Introduction to Physical Anthropology. 4. Vaid & Pandey : Jaivik Manavshastra (in Hindi) 5. B. Janusch : Origins of Man 6. Virender Kumar : Evolution of Genus Homo 7. Surender Nath : Forensic Anthropology 8. Surender Nath : Nutritional Anthropology 9. M. Harris : Rise of Anthropological Theory 10.U.S. Misra : Anthropological Thought (in Hindi) 11.Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology 12.Booklet published by Jawahar Publishers Anthropology Books for Paper II 1. NCERT : Indian Society, Social Change 2. Bhattacharya, D.K. : An Outline of Indian Prehistory 3. Srinivas : Caste in India & Other Essays 4. Srinivas : Social Change in Modern India 5. Y. Singh : Modernisation of Indian Tradition 6. Vidyarthi & Rai : Tribal Cultures of India 7. N. Hasnain : Indian Anthropology 8. N. Hasnain : Tribal India

9. R.C. Verma : Indian Tribes 10.Vaid : Who Cares for Tribal Development (Hindi & English) 11.A.L. Basham : The Wonder that was India 12.G.S. Bhatt : Bharatiya Samajik Vichar (in Hindi) 13.Sagar Preet : Reservation for Backward Classes a Perspective

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