Gerald Berreman
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- PhD Anthropology University of Chicago
- Masters Anthropology University of Chicago
- Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gerald Duane Berreman was an American anthropologist and ethnographer who was known for his theory on the caste system in India, as well as his contributions to the ethical practice of anthropology itself. Berreman spoke out during the Vietnam War era about the working relationship between anthropologists and the CIA. His anthropological work focused on the study of social stratification, in which he drew parallels between racial inequality in the United States and the caste system in India.
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- Caste in India and the United States (1960) (131)
- Is Anthropology Alive? Social Responsibility in Social Anthropology (1968) (104)
- Hindus of the Himalayas;: Ethnography and change, (1972) (104)
- Race, Caste, and Other Invidious Distinctions in Social Stratification (1972) (95)
- Hindus of the Himalayas. (1964) (91)
- Behind many masks : ethnography and impression management in a Himalyan village (1962) (89)
- Anemic and Emetic Analyses in Social Anthropology (1966) (53)
- Social Categories and Social Interaction in Urban India (1972) (49)
- Drinking patterns of the Aleuts. (1956) (41)
- Aleut Reference Group Alienation, Mobility, and Acculturation (1964) (39)
- Scale and Social Relations [and Comments and Reply] (1978) (35)
- Cultural Variability and Drift in the Himalayan Hills (1960) (34)
- On the Nature of Caste in India A Review Symposium on Louis Dumont's Homo Hierarchicus : 3 The Brahmannical View of Caste (1971) (33)
- Pahari Polyandry: A Comparison (1962) (33)
- Scale and Social Relations (1978) (33)
- Social Inequality: Comparative and Developmental Approaches (1981) (31)
- Himalayan polyandry and the domestic cycle1 (1975) (30)
- Ecology, Demography and Domestic Strategies in the Western Himalayas (1978) (25)
- Caste as Social Process (1967) (21)
- Brahmins and Shamans in Pahari Religion (1964) (19)
- Peoples and Cultures of the Himalayas (1963) (18)
- Stratification, Pluralism and Interaction: A Comparative Analysis of Caste (2008) (16)
- Social inequality : comparative and developmental approaches (1982) (14)
- Self, Situation and Escape from Stigmatized Ethnic Identity. (1971) (14)
- Homo Hierarchichus. The Caste System and Its Implications.@@@Caste and Other Inequities. Essays on Inequality. (1982) (13)
- Inquiry into Community Integration in an Aleutian Village (1955) (13)
- The Politics of Truth: Essays in Critical Anthropology (1982) (13)
- Caste and Economy in the Himalayas (1962) (10)
- The Study of Caste Ranking in India (1965) (9)
- EFFECTS OF A TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN AN ALEUTIAN VILLAGE (1954) (9)
- Caste and Community Development (1963) (8)
- Himalayan Rope Sliding and Village Hinduism: An Analysis (1961) (8)
- Anthropology, development and public policy (2008) (8)
- Chipko: Nonviolent Direct Action to Save the Himalayas (1985) (7)
- On the Social Responsibilities Symposium (1970) (7)
- Brain Damage and the Intellectual Defense of Inequality [and Comments and Reply] (1975) (7)
- Are Human Rights Merely a Politicized Luxury in the World Today (1980) (6)
- Sib and Clan among the Pahari of North India (1962) (5)
- Inequality: Comparative Aspects (2015) (5)
- Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification. Gerhard E. Lenski (1967) (4)
- Polyandry: exotic custom vs analytic concept (1980) (4)
- Himachal : science, people, and "progress" (1979) (4)
- The Philippines : a survey of current social, economic and political conditions (1956) (4)
- Cultural anthropology today (1971) (4)
- Book Review:Caste Ranking and Community Structure in Five Regions of India and Pakistan. McKim Marriott (1962) (3)
- Village Exogamy in Northernmost India (1962) (3)
- Fear Itself: An Anthropologist's View (1964) (3)
- Ethics Committee Issues (1970) (3)
- Ethics, Responsibility and the Funding of Asian Research (1971) (3)
- On the Role of Women (1967) (2)
- Himalayan Polyandry: Structure, Functioning and Culture Change. A Field‐Study of Jaunsar‐Bawar. D. N. Majumdar (1963) (2)
- "Scientific" social anthropology. (1977) (2)
- A Naive View of Normative Theory (1978) (2)
- The Chipko Movement in the Indian Himalayas (1987) (1)
- TIME Criticized for Yanomamo Characterization (1976) (1)
- Savaging the Civilized: Verrier Elwin, His Tribals, and India. Ramachandra Guha (2000) (1)
- Himalayan Research: What, Whither, and Whether (1978) (1)
- Aleuts In Transition: A Comparison of Two Villages. DOROTHY JONES (1977) (1)
- Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist. (1967) (1)
- ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY: THEMES IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF KATHLEEN GOUGH (1993) (0)
- David G. Mandelbaum (1911 - 1987) (1987) (0)
- Birthplace of the Winds. Ted Bank II (1956) (0)
- The Newars: An Ethno‐Sociological Study of a Himalayan Community. Gopal Singh Nepali (1968) (0)
- PROGRESS, STRATIFICATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A VIEW FROM ANTHROPOLOGY (1981) (0)
- Book Reviews : André Béteille, Castes Old and New: Essays in Social Structure and Social Strati fication. Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1969, 254pp., $ 10.00 (1972) (0)
- Ethnology and Ethnography: Social Economy of a Polyandrous People. R. N. Saxena (1958) (0)
- Dusk and Dawn in Village India . By Zahir Ahmed. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1965. xv, 144 pp. Epilogue, Glossary. $4.50. (1967) (0)
- ETHNOLOGY: Anthropology on the March: Recent Studies of Indian Beliefs, Attitudes and Social Institutions. Bala Ratnam (ed.) (1964) (0)
- GENERAL: Gifts and Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay. Wilton S. Dillon (1970) (0)
- Letters to the Editor (1961) (0)
- The Magars of Banyan Hill. John T. Hitchcock (1968) (0)
- Asia and AfricaHAROLD R. ISAACS. India's Ex-Untouchables. Pp. 188. New York: John Day, 1965. $4.50 (1965) (0)
- Hindu Society—An Interpretation . By Irawati Karve. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, 1961. xi, 171. Appendices. Rs. 10. (1962) (0)
- André Béteille, Castes Old and New : Essays in Social Structure and Social Stratification. Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1969, 254pp., $ 10.00 (1972) (0)
- The Physician and Vietnam/ The Map of China/ Scientific Magic and Economic Development/ On the Role of Women (1966) (0)
- Mountain Community of the Himalayas. Filmed and directed by J. Michael Hagopian (1965) (0)
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