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human ecology and the population concept: the Yelnadu Reddi population in India
Author(s) -
MONTGOMERY EDWARD
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1977.4.1.02a00100
Subject(s) - endogamy , population , sociology , ecology , set (abstract data type) , key (lock) , anthropology , geography , human ecology , social science , epistemology , demography , biology , computer science , philosophy , programming language
Key concepts in ecological anthropology need careful testing by case studies to determine the limits of their applicability and any need for redefinition and conceptual development. This article applies the concept of “population” to an endogamous group in southern India, the Yelnadu Reddis, who have a distinctive, reticulately structured set of relations with their physical and social resources.