Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction / Kurian, George -- A Study of Kinship Groups in the Ramäaya of Valmiki / Wagle, N. K. -- Family Structure in the Hindu Society of Rural India / Kumar, Joginder -- The Structural Features of the Tribal Families in India / Mukherjee, Bhabananda -- Matrilineal Joint Family Patterns in India / Ehrenfels, U. R. -- Marriage and Family in the Polyandrous Khasa Tribe of Jaunsar-Bawar / Saksena, R. N. -- Himalayan Ecology and Family Religious Variation / Hitchcock, John T. -- Kinship in an Indian Village / Shahani, Savitri -- Family Types and Industrialization in India / D'Souza, Victor S. -- The Interdependence of Elementary and Extended Family / Ishwaran, K. -- Some Possible Variations in Family Types in Gujarat / Acharya, Hemalatha -- Contemporary Nayar Family in Kerala / Unnithan, T. K. N. -- Modernization and Social Change - The Family and Kin Network in Urban India / Chekki, Dan A. -- Some Social Differences in Family Patterns in Bombay / Straus, Murray A. -- Changes in the Size and Composition of the Household Brought about by Urbanization in Delhi Area / Ghosh, B. R. -- Age at Marriage Historical Obstacles to Needed Reforms / Abeille, Mireille -- Comments on the Experiences of Some Couples who Married before the Age of Fourteen in Kerala State / Kurian, George -- Kinship and Marriage Regulations among the Namboodiri Brahmans of Kerala / Mencher, Joan P. / Goldberg, Helen -- Marriage and Family among Muslims of Bihar / Ahmad, Zeyauddin -- Heterosexual Friendships and Involvement in Mate Selection Process of Primary and Secondary Teacher Trainees in Ahemadabad / Khatri, A. A. -- Modern Trends in Mate Selection and Marriage with Special Reference to Kerala / Kurian, George -- Family Organization and Change among the Overseas Indians with Special Reference to Indian Immigrant Families of British Columbia, Canada / Srivastava, Ram P.